1 As the deer longs | for the water-brooks,
  so longs my soul for | you, O God.
 2 I thirst for God, for the | living God;
  when shall I come to appear before the pres- | ence of God?
 3 My tears have been my food | day and night,
  while all day long they say to me, “Where now | is your God?”
 4 I pour out my soul when I think | on these things;
  how I went with the multitude and led them into the house of God, with shouts of thanksgiving, among those | keeping festival. R
 5 Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul, and why are you so disquiet- | ed within me?
  Put your trust in God, for I will yet give thanks to the one who is my help | and my God.
 6 My soul is heav- | y within me;
  therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan, and from the peak of Mizar among the | heights of Hermon. R
 7 One deep calls to another in the roar of | your cascades;
  all your rapids and floods have gone | over me.
 8 The Lord grants lovingkindness | in the daytime;
  in the night season the Lord’s song is with me, a prayer to the God | of my life. R
 9 I will say to the God of my strength, “Why have you re- | jected me,
  and why do I wander in such gloom while the enemy op- | presses me?”
 10 While my bones are being broken, my enemies mock me | to my face;
  all day long they mock me and say to me, “Where now | is your God?”
 11 Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul, and why are you so disquiet- | ed within me?
  Put your trust in God, for I will yet give thanks to the one who is my help | and my God.
 43: 1 1 Give judgment for me, O God, and defend my cause against an un- | godly people;
  deliver me from the deceitful | and the wicked. R
 2 For you are the God of my strength; why have you re- | jected me,
  and why do I wander in such gloom while the enemy op- | presses me?
 3 Send out your light and your truth, that | they may lead me,
  and bring me to your holy hill and to your | sanctuary;
 4 that I may go to the altar of God, to the God of my | joy and gladness;
  and on the harp I will give thanks to you, O | God my God.
 5 Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul, and why are you so disquiet- | ed within me?
  Put your trust in God, for I will yet give thanks to the one who is my help | and my God.