[1] As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, God. [2] My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God? [3] My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” [4] I remember these things and pour out my soul within me. For I used to go over with the multitude and walk them to the house of God, With a voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating a festival. [5] Why are you in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will again praise Him For the help of His presence, my God. [6] My soul is in despair within me; Therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan And the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. [7] Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; All Your breakers and Your waves have passed over me. [8] The Lord will send His goodness in the daytime; And His song will be with me in the night, A prayer to the God of my life. [9] I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?” [10] As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt me, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” [11] Why are you in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will again praise Him For the help of His presence, my God.
