Deep Calls to Deep | Psalm 42 | A Prophetic Blues Song

✨ Psalm 42 is the cry of a soul longing for God in the middle of deep discouragement. It shows us that spiritual thirst is real—“as the deer pants for the water brooks”—and that the only true satisfaction is the presence of the living God. Twice the psalmist speaks to his own soul, reminding himself to hope in God even when emotions fight against him. “Deep calls to deep” reveals that God is reaching into the deepest places of our hearts. Even when waves overwhelm, Yahweh commands His loving-kindness in the day and sings over us in the night. This psalm teaches believers to lift their eyes, speak truth to their souls, and trust that God has not forgotten them.

📜 Original Text (Psalm 42 — WEB)

As the deer pants for the water brooks,
so my soul pants after you, God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?
My tears have been my food day and night,
while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”
These 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.
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.
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.
Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls.
All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
Yahweh 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.
I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me,
while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”
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.

🎵 Lyrics (Psalm 42 Song Format)

[Verse 1]
As the deer pants for the water brooks,
so my soul pants after you, God.

[Verse 2]
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?

[Verse 3]
My tears have been my food day and night,
while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”

[Verse 4]
These 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.

[Verse 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.

[Verse 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.

[Verse 7]
Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls.
All your waves and your billows have swept over me.

[Verse 8]
Yahweh 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.

[Verse 9]
I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

[Verse 10]
As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me,
while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”

[Verse 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.

🔥 Prophetic Ending — “Deep Calls to Deep”

I hear the Spirit of the Lord saying:
You who thirst—come.
You who feel forgotten—lift your eyes.
For I have not abandoned you,
and I have not turned My face from you.

I am drawing you into the deep places—
not the depths of despair,
but the depths of My presence.

Where you have cried, “Where are You?”
I am answering, “I am right here.”

Where waves once overwhelmed you,
My waves now carry you.

Where your soul bowed low,
I am breathing hope,
resurrecting praise,
restoring your strength.

For deep is calling to deep in this season—
My Spirit calling to your spirit.
My voice calling through the noise.
My peace rising above the storm.

Stand tall, beloved.
Hope again.
Praise again.

For I am the saving help of your countenance,
and I am your God—
and you will see My goodness
in the land of the living.

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