Psalms 42 - Compare Translations
3 translations side by side. Tap any verse number to hear it read aloud.
3 translations
Psalms 42:1
KJVAs the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
WEBAs the deer pants for the water brooks,
YLTTo the Overseer. -- An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.
Psalms 42:2
KJVMy soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
WEBMy soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
YLTMy soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?
Psalms 42:3
KJVMy tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
WEBMy tears have been my food day and night,
YLTMy tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, `Where [is] thy God?'
Psalms 42:4
KJVWhen 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 holyday.
WEBThese things I remember, and pour out my soul within me,
YLTThese I remember, and pour out my soul in me, For I pass over into the booth, I go softly with them unto the house of God, With the voice of singing and confession, The multitude keeping feast!
Psalms 42:5
KJVWhy 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.
WEBWhy are you in despair, my soul?
YLTWhat! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance -- My God!
Psalms 42:6
KJVO 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.
WEBMy God, my soul is in despair within me.
YLTIn me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
Psalms 42:7
KJVDeep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
WEBDeep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls.
YLTDeep unto deep is calling At the noise of Thy water-spouts, All Thy breakers and Thy billows passed over me.
Psalms 42:8
KJVYet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
WEBYahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime.
YLTBy day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song [is] with me, A prayer to the God of my life.
Psalms 42:9
KJVI will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
WEBI will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me?
YLTI say to God my rock, `Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy?
Psalms 42:10
KJV
WEB
YLT
Psalms 42:11
KJVWhy 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.
WEBWhy are you in despair, my soul?
YLTWhat! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!
11 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT