42 t As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God.
2 u My soul thirsts for God,
for v the living God.
When shall I come and w appear before God? [2]
3 x My tears have been my food
day and night,
y while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember,
as I z pour out my soul:
a how I would go b with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
c a multitude keeping festival.
5 d Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you e in turmoil within me?
f Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation [3] 6 and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I g remember you
h from the land of Jordan and of i Hermon,
from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep
at the roar of your waterfalls;
j all your breakers and your k waves
have gone over me.
8 By day the Lord l commands his steadfast love,
and at m night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I say to God, n my rock:
“Why have you forgotten me?
o Why do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10 As with a deadly wound in my bones,
my adversaries taunt me,
p while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
11 q 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.
43 r Vindicate me, O God, and s defend my cause
against an ungodly people,
from t the deceitful and unjust man
deliver me!
2 For you are u the God in whom I take refuge;
why have you v rejected me?
Why do I w go about mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 x Send out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your y holy hill
and to your z dwelling!
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God.
5 a Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
b Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
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