Samantha Mina, SMA Syndrome survivor and author of the "Spectrum" young adult novel series, sings Psalm 42, "Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?" which she arranged to fit the tune of Christina Perri's "Arms." Recorded on a Samsung Galaxy S3. Piano by Casper Ong. First Recording. Verses below.

"As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O 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 say to me all the day long,
'Where is your God?'
These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I would go with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
a multitude keeping festival.
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep
at the roar of your waterfalls;
all your breakers and your waves
have gone over me.
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
I say to God, my rock:
'Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?'
As with a deadly wound in my bones,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me all the day long,
'Where is your God?'
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God."


* Samantha's novel series website: [ Ссылка ]
* Paperback and Kindle version of book 1 on Amazon: [ Ссылка ]
* Paperback on the shelves at Scrawl Books: [ Ссылка ]

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