🔊 Audio of Psalm 42
Psalm 42
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לַֽמְנַצֵּ֜חַ מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לִבְנֵי־קֹֽרַח: | La-me-nat-tsé-akh maskíl liv-néi Ko-rákh. | To the Chief Musician. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. |
| 2 | כְּאַיָּל תַּעֲרֹג עַל־אֲפִיקֵי־מָיִם כֵּן נַפְשִׁי תַעֲרֹג אֵלֶיךָ אֱלֹהִים | Ke-ay-yál ta-a-róg al a-fi-kéi má-yim; kén naf-shí ta-a-róg e-lé-kha E-lo-hím. | As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for You, O God. |
| 3 | צָמְאָה נַפְשִׁי לֵאלֹהִים לְאֵל חָי מָתַי אָבוֹא וְאֵרָאֶה פְּנֵי אֱלֹהִים | Tza-me-áh naf-shí le-E-lo-hím; le-E-l khaí; ma-tái a-vó ve-e-ra-éh pe-néi E-lo-hím. | My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? |
| 4 | הָיְתָה־לִּי דִמְעָתִי לֶחֶם יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה בֶּאֱמֹר אֵלַי כָּל־הַיּוֹם אַיֵּה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Ha-yé-tah lí dim-a-tí lé-khem yo-mám va-lái-lah; be-e-mór e-lái kál ha-yóm ay-yéh E-lo-hé-kha. | My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, ‘Where is your God?’ |
| 5 | אֵלֶּה אֶזְכְּרָה וְאֶשְׁפְּכָה עָלַי נַפְשִׁי כִּי אֶעֱבֹר בַּסָּךְ אֶדַּדֵּם עַד־בֵּית אֱלֹהִים בְּקוֹל־רִנָּה וְתוֹדָה הָמוֹן חוֹגֵג | El-léh ez-ke-ráh ve-esh-pe-káh a-lái naf-shí; ki e-e-vór ba-sákh; e-dab-dém ad béit E-lo-hím; be-kól ri-náh ve-to-dáh ha-món kho-gég. | These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise. |
| 6 | מַה־תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי נַפְשִׁי וַתֶּהֱמִי עָלָי הוֹחִילִי לֵאלֹהִים כִּי־עוֹד אוֹדֶנּוּ יְשׁוּעוֹת פָּנָיו | Mah tish-to-kha-khí naf-shí; va-te-he-mí a-lái? Kho-lí le-E-lo-hím ki od o-dé-nu; ye-shu-ót pa-náv. | Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation. |
| 7 | אֱלֹהַי עָלַי נַפְשִׁי תִשְׁתּוֹחָח עַל־כֵּן אֶזְכָּרְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ יַרְדֵּן וְחֶרְמוֹנִים מֵהַר מִצְעָר | E-lo-hái a-lái naf-shí tish-to-khaákh; al kén ez-ke-re-khá me-é-rets Yar-dén ve-kher-mo-ním me-har Mitz-ár. | My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. |
| 8 | תְּהוֹם־אֶל־תְּהוֹם קוֹרֵא לְקוֹל צִנּוֹרֶיךָ כָּל־מִשְׁבָּרֶיךָ וְגַלֶּיךָ עָלַי עָבָרוּ | Te-hóm el te-hóm ko-réa le-kól tzin-no-re-khá; kál mish-ba-re-khá ve-gal-le-khá a-lái a-ve-rú. | Deep calls to deep at the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and Your waves have gone over me. |
| 9 | יוֹמָם יְצַוֶּה יְהוָה חַסְדּוֹ וּבַלַּיְלָה שירהשירהשִׁירוֹ עִמִּי תְּפִלָּה לְאֵל חַיָּי | Yo-mám ye-tzav-véh Ado-nái khas-dó; u-va-lái-lah shi-ró im-mí; te-fil-láh le-E-l kha-y-yái. | By day the LORD commands His steadfast love, and at night His song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. |
| 10 | אוֹמְרָה לְאֵל סַלְעִי לָמָה שְׁכַחְתָּנִי לָמָּה־קֹדֵר אֵלֵךְ בְּלַחַץ אוֹיֵב | O-me-ráh le-E-l sal-í; la-máh she-khaákh-ta-ni? La-máh ko-dér e-lékh be-lá-khats oyév? | I say to God, my rock: ‘Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?’ |
| 11 | בְּרֶצַח בְּעַצְמוֹתַי חֵרְפוּנִי צוֹרְרָי בְּאָמְרָם אֵלַי כָּל־הַיּוֹם אַיֵּה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Be-ré-tzakh be-atz-mo-tái kher-e-fú-ni tzo-re-rái; be-e-mó-ram e-lái kál ha-yóm ay-yéh E-lo-hé-kha. | As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long, ‘Where is your God?’ |
| 12 | מַה־תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי נַפְשִׁי וּמַה־תֶּהֱמִי עָלָי הוֹחִילִי לֵאלֹהִים כִּי־עוֹד אוֹדֶנּוּ יְשׁוּעֹת פָּנַי וֵאלֹהָי | Mah tish-to-kha-khí naf-shí; va-te-he-mí a-lái? Kho-lí le-E-lo-hím ki od o-dé-nu; ye-shu-ót pa-nái ve-E-lo-hái. | Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God. |