{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/42","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-13T06:09:55.604Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":42,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":41,"nextChapter":43,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":11},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so my soul panteth after thee, O God."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is thy God?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy-day."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Deep calleth to deep at the noise of thy water-spouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Yet the LORD will command his loving-kindness in the day-time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer to the God of my life."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I will say to God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"As with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me; while they say daily to me, Where is thy God?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 42 (WBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 42](https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/42)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WBT. https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/42 (accessed 2026-06-13)."}}