The Tanach, with the evidence built in
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Psalm 42
1For the leader. A maskil of the Korahites.
2Like a hind crying for water,my soul cries for You, O God;
3my soul thirsts for God, the living God;O when will I come to appear before God!
4My tears have been my food day and night;I am ever taunted with, “Where is your God?”
5When I think of this, I pour out my soul:how I walked with the crowd, moved with them,the festive throng, to the House of Godwith joyous shouts of praise.
6Why so downcast, my soul,why disquieted within me?Have hope in God;I will yet praise Himfor His saving presence.
7O my God, my soul is downcast;therefore I think of Youin this land of Jordan and Hermon,in Mount Mizar,
8where deep calls to deepin the roar of Your cataracts;all Your breakers and billows have swept over me.
9By day may the LORD vouchsafe His faithful care,so that at night a song to Him may be with me,a prayer to the God of my life.
10I say to God, my rock,“Why have You forgotten me,why must I walk in gloom,oppressed by my enemy?”
11Crushing my bones,my foes revile me,taunting me always with, “Where is your God?”
12Why so downcast, my soul,why disquieted within me?Have hope in God;I will yet praise Him,my ever-present help, my God.
Translation: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1985), via Sefaria, used under CC BY-NC.
Paragraph divisions follow the Masoretic text (Miqra according to the Masorah, CC BY-SA).