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Psalms 42:3

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 42:4.

הָֽיְתָהhayetahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לִּ֬יlitoלִּ֬יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toדִמְעָתִ֣יdimatitearsדִּמְעָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “tears”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1832weepingtears.לֶ֭חֶםlechembreadלֶחֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “bread”, the ordinary formH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.יוֹמָ֣םyomamdailyיוֹמָםadverb — “daily”H3119dailydaily, (by, in the) day(-time).וָלָ֑יְלָהvalayelahand nightלַיִלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and night”, the ordinary formH3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity(mid-)night (season).בֶּאֱמֹ֥רbeemorin sayאָמַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “in say”, the to-form of the verbH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…אֵלַ֥יelayamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הַ֝יּ֗וֹםhayomthe as long asיוֹםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…אַיֵּ֥הayehwhereאַיֵּהparticle, interrogative — “where”H346where?where.אֱלֹהֶֽיךָeloheykhaGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(42-4) My tears have been my food day and night, while they say unto me all the day: 'Where is Thy God?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

Young’s Literal Translation

My tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where [is] thy God?'

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

My tears have been my bread day and night, while they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

Douay-Rheims

Send forth thy light and thy truth: they have conducted me, and brought me unto thy holy hill, and into thy tabernacles.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(42-4) My tears have been my food day and night, while they say unto me all the day: 'Where is Thy God?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My tears have been bread to me day and night, while they daily said to me, Where is thy God?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγενήθη τὰ δάκρυά μου ἐμοὶ ἄρτος ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς, ἐν τῷ λέγεσθαί μοι καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν, ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ Θεός σου;