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Psalms 42:8
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Psalms 42:8
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By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
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Psalms 42:8 in Other Translations
KJV
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Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
ESV
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By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
NLT
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But each day the LORD pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life.
MSG
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Then God promises to love me all day, sing songs all through the night! My life is God's prayer.
CSB
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The Lord will send His faithful love by day; His song will be with me in the night- a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalms 42:8 In-Context
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My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.
7
Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.
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By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
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I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?”
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My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
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Psalms 57:3
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Psalms 16:7
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Job 35:10
3.
Psalms 77:6
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Psalms 63:6
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Psalms 149:5
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Psalms 133:3
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Ecclesiastes 5:18
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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