The LORD† will command his loving kindness in the daytime.
In the night his song shall be with me:
a prayer to the God of my life.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Psalms 42:8 in context
Psalms 42:5–11
5
Why are you in despair, my soul?
Why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God!
For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.
6
My God, my soul is in despair within me.
Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.
7
Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls.
All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
8
Selected verse
The LORD† will command his loving kindness in the daytime.
In the night his song shall be with me:
a prayer to the God of my life.
9
I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10
As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me,
while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”
11
Why are you in despair, my soul?
Why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God! For I shall still praise him,
the saving help of my countenance, and my God.
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “יהוה”, usually pronounced Yahweh).
Continue with Psalms 42
Read the complete chapter in World English Bible Updated.
Open Psalms 42