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¹ As a deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for you, O God!
² I thirst for God,
for the living God.
I say, "When will I be able to go and appear in God's presence?"
³ I cannot eat, I weep day and night;
all day long they say to me, "Where is your God?"
⁴ I will remember and weep!
For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God,
shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.
⁵ Why are you depressed, O my soul?
Why are you upset?
Wait for God!
For I will again give thanks
to my God for his saving intervention.
⁶ I am depressed,
so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan,
from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
⁷ One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls;
all your billows and waves overwhelm me.
⁸ By day the Lord decrees his loyal love,
and by night he gives me a song,
a prayer to the living God.
⁹ I will pray to God, my high ridge:
"Why do you ignore me?
Why must I walk around mourning
because my enemies oppress me?"
¹⁰ My enemies' taunts cut into me to the bone,
as they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
¹¹ Why are you depressed, O my soul?
Why are you upset?
Wait for God!
For I will again give thanks
to my God for his saving intervention.