Psalm 42:1–8
1 As a deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for You, God. n
2 I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I come and appear before God? o
3 My tears have been my food day and night,
while all day long people say to me,
“Where is your God?” p
4 I remember this as I pour out my heart: q
how I walked with many,
leading the festive procession to the house of God,
with joyful and thankful shouts. r
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God. s
6 I t am deeply depressed;
therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan
and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. u
7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls;
all Your breakers and Your billows have swept over me. v
8 The Lord will send His faithful love by day; w
His song will be with me in the night—
a prayer to the God of my life.