1 A s the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God.

As the hart pants and longs for the water brooks, so I pant and long for You, O God.

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

My inner self thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?

3 M y tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, “Where is your God?”

My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, Where is your God?

4 W hen I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.

These things I remember and pour myself out within me: how I went slowly before the throng and led them in procession to the house of God, with the voice of shouting and praise, a throng keeping festival.

5 W hy are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him For the help of His countenance.

Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, my Help and my God.

6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me; Therefore I will remember You from the land of the Jordan, And from the heights of Hermon, From the Hill Mizar.

O my God, my life is cast down upon me; therefore will I remember You from the land of the Jordan and the Hermon, from the little mountain Mizar.

7 D eep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; All Your waves and billows have gone over me.

deep calls to deep at the thunder of Your waterspouts; all Your breakers and Your rolling waves have gone over me.

8 T he Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song shall be with me— A prayer to the God of my life.

Yet the Lord will command His loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, 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 mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

I will say to God my Rock, Why have You forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

10 A s with a breaking of my bones, My enemies reproach me, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

As with a sword in my bones, my enemies taunt and reproach me, while they say continually to me, Where is your God?

11 W hy are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.

Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.