Book 2
(Psalms 42-72)
For the music director; a well-written song 2 by the Korahites.
42:1 As a deer 3 longs 4 for streams of water,
so I long 5 for you, O God!
14:6 Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops
and pant for breath like jackals.
Their eyes are strained looking for food,
because there is none to be found.” 6
1:18 Listen to the cattle groan! 7
The herds of livestock wander around in confusion 8
because they have no pasture.
Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
1:19 To you, O Lord, I call out for help, 9
for fire 10 has burned up 11 the grassy pastures, 12
flames have razed 13 all the trees in the fields.
1:20 Even the wild animals 14 cry out to you; 15
for the river beds 16 have dried up;
fire has destroyed 17 the grassy pastures. 18