1As the deer longs for the water brooks, • so longs my soul for you, O God. 2My soul is athirst for God, even for the living God; • when shall I come before the presence of God? 3My tears have been my bread day and night, • while all day long they say to me, ‘Where is now your God?’ 4Now when I think on these things, I pour out my soul: • how I went with the multitude and led the procession to the house of God, 5With the voice of praise and thanksgiving, • among those who kept holy day. 6Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul, • and why are you so disquieted within me? 7O put your trust in God; • for I will yet give him thanks, who is the help of my countenance, and my God. 8My soul is heavy within me; • therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan, and from Hermon and the hill of Mizar. 9Deep calls to deep in the thunder of your waterfalls; • all your breakers and waves have gone over me. 10The Lord will grant his loving-kindness in the daytime; • through the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life. 11I say to God my rock, ‘Why have you forgotten me, • and why go I so heavily, while the enemy oppresses me?’ 12As they crush my bones, my enemies mock me; • while all day long they say to me, ‘Where is now your God?’ 13Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul? • and why are you so disquieted within me? 14O put your trust in God; • for I will yet give him thanks, who is the help of my countenance, and my God. Come, creator Spirit, source of life; sustain us when our hearts are heavy and our wells have run dry, for you are the Father’s gift, with him who is our living water, Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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