1As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?
Remembrance and Reflection
3My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me , Where is thy God? 4These 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.
Struggles and Doubts
5Why 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. 6O 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.
Hope in God
7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me . 8Yet 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 . 9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me ? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 10As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me , While they continually say unto me , Where is thy God? 11Why 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.