1 ¶ As the hart pants after the water brooks, so does my soul pant after thee, O God.

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

2 M y soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God?

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?

3 M y tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

4 I will remember these things; I will pour out my soul in me. When I shall be included in the number; I will go with them to the house of God with voice of joy and praise, dancing in the multitude.

These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.

5 W hy art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted against me? Wait thou for God, for I shall yet praise him for the wellbeing of his presence.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him For the help of his countenance.

6 ¶ O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore I will remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the mountain of Mizar.

O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

7 D eep calls unto deep at the voice of thy waterspouts; all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

8 Y et the LORD will command his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, Even a prayer unto the God of my life.

9 I will say unto God, My rock, why hast thou forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

10 I t is as death in my bones when my enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

11 W hy art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Wait thou for God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the saving health of my countenance and my God.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.