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

As the deer desires rivers of water, so my soul desires You, O God.

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

My soul is thirsty for God, for the living God. When will I come and meet with 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 I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go with many people and lead them to the house of God, with the voice of thankful joy, among the many happy people.

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 sad, O my soul? Why have you become troubled within me? Hope in God, for I will praise Him again for His help of being near me.

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 soul is troubled within me. So I remember You from the land of the Jordan and the tops of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

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

Sea calls to sea at the sound of Your waterfalls. All Your waves have rolled 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.

The Lord will send His loving-kindness in the day. And His song will be with me in the night, 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 do I have sorrow because those who hate me come against me with power?”

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 a breaking of my bones, those who hate me speak sharp words to me. All day long they say 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 sad, O my soul? Why have you become troubled within me? Hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my help and my God.