1. As the hart panteth after the water brooks,

1. so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

2. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:

2. when shall I come and appear before God?

3. My tears have been my meat day and night,

3. while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

4. When I remember these things,

4. I pour out my soul in me:

4. for I had gone with the multitude,

4. I went with them to the house of God,

4. with the voice of joy and praise,

4. with a multitude that kept holyday.

5. Why art thou cast down, O my soul?

5. And why art thou disquieted in me?

5. Hope thou in God:

5. for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

6. O my God, my soul is cast down within me:

6. therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan,

6. and of the Her´monites, from the hill Mizar.

7. Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts:

7. all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

8. Yet the Lord will command his loving-kindness in the daytime,

8. and in the night his song shall be with me,

8. and my prayer unto the God of my life.

9. I will say unto God my rock,

9. Why hast thou forgotten me?

9. Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

10. As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me;

10. while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

11. Why art thou cast down, O my soul?

11. And why art thou disquieted within me?

11. Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him,

11. who is the health of my countenance, and my God.