1 For the one directing. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for You, O God. VP
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before the face of God? VP
3 My tears have been to me [as] bread, day and night, in the saying to me all the day, “Where [is] your God?” VP
4 These [things] I remember, and I pour out my soul within myself: How I crossed over with the throng; I moved with them up to the house of God, with the voice of shouting and praise, with a multitude keeping the feast. VP
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and in commotion within me? Wait for God, for still I will praise Him, for the salvation of His face. VP
6 O My God, my soul is downcast within me; upon thus I remember You, from the land of the Jordan and Hermon, from the mount of Mizar. VP
7 Deep is calling to deep, at the voice of Your waterfalls, [and] all Your breakers and waves have passed over me. VP
8 By day, YHWH commands His loving devotion, and in the night His song [is] with me, a prayer to the God of my life. VP
9 I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in mourning in the oppression of the enemy?” VP
10 With a shattering in my bones, my enemies taunt me, in their saying to me all the day, “Where [is] your God?” VP
11 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in commotion within me? Wait for God, for still I will praise Him, the salvation of my face, and my God. VP