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Psalm 42 As the deer  pants for streams of water,      so my soul pants  for you, my God.   My soul thirsts  for God, for the living God.      When can I go  and meet with God?   My tears  have been my food      day and night, while people say to me all day long,      “Where is your God?”   These things I remember      as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God      under the protection of the Mighty One [ d ] with shouts of joy  and praise      among the festive throng. Why, my soul, are you downcast?      Why so disturbed  within me? Put your hope in God,      for I will yet praise  him,      my Savior  and my God. My soul is downcast within me;      therefore I will remember  you from the land of the Jordan,      the heights of Hermon —from Mount Mizar. Deep calls to deep      in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers      have swept over me. By day the  Lord  directs his lov

Psalm 41 Blessed  are those who have regard for the weak;      the  Lord  delivers them in times of trouble.   The  Lord  protects  and preserves them—      they are counted among the blessed in the land—      he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.   The  Lord  sustains them on their sickbed      and restores them from their bed of illness. I said, “Have mercy  on me,  Lord ;      heal  me, for I have sinned  against you.”   My enemies say of me in malice,      “When will he die and his name perish? ”   When one of them comes to see me,      he speaks falsely,  while his heart gathers slander;      then he goes out and spreads  it around. All my enemies whisper together  against me;      they imagine the worst for me, saying,   “A vile disease has afflicted him;      he will never get up  from the place where he lies.”   Even my close friend,      someone I trusted, one who shared my bread,      has turned again

Psalm 40 I waited patiently  for the  Lord ;      he turned to me and heard my cry.   He lifted me out of the slimy pit,      out of the mud  and mire; he set my feet  on a rock      and gave me a firm place to stand.   He put a new song  in my mouth,      a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the  Lord      and put their trust  in him. Blessed is the one      who trusts in the  Lord , who does not look to the proud,      to those who turn aside to false gods.   Many,  Lord  my God,      are the wonders  you have done,      the things you planned for us. None can compare  with you;      were I to speak and tell of your deeds,      they would be too many  to declare. Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—      but my ears you have opened—      burnt offerings  and sin offerings you did not require.   Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—      it is written about me in the scroll.   I desire to do your wi

Psalm 39 I said, “I will watch my ways      and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth      while in the presence of the wicked.” So I remained utterly silent,      not even saying anything good. But my anguish  increased;        my heart grew hot  within me. While I meditated,  the fire  burned;      then I spoke with my tongue: “Show me,  Lord , my life’s end      and the number of my days;      let me know how fleeting  my life is.   You have made my days  a mere handbreadth;      the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath,      even those who seem secure. “Surely everyone goes around  like a mere phantom;      in vain they rush about,  heaping up wealth      without knowing whose it will finally be. “But now, Lord, what do I look for?      My hope is in you. Save me  from all my transgressions;      do not make me the scorn  of fools.   I was silent;  I would not open