Listen to Psalm 42
Psalm 42 from the World English Bible, read aloud. Free to hear, with the whole chapter below.
1:17 · World English Bible · read in a synthetic, AI-generated voice
Psalm 42
1As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God. 2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? 3My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?" 4These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God's house, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day. 5Why 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. 6My 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. 7Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me. 8Yahweh 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. 9I will ask God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?" 10As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?" 11Why 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.
World English Bible, public domain — text from the publisher’s files at ebible.org. About this translation.
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Which Bible translation is this?
The World English Bible (WEB), a modern-English translation in the public domain, published by ebible.org. The text on this page and the recording come from the same files. ebible.org/web · Which translation is this?
How long is the audio for Psalm 42?
1:17 — about a minute. It is read in a synthetic, AI-generated voice, not by a human narrator.
How does talking about Psalm 42 work?
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