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Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.

¹ As the deer ^(F1)pants for the water brooks,
So my soul ^(F1)(C1)pants for You, God.

² My soul ^(C1)thirsts for God, for the ^(C2)living God;
When shall I come and ^(F1)(C3)appear before God?

³ My ^(C1)tears have been my food day and night,
While they ^(C2)say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

⁴ I remember these things and ^(C1)pour out my soul within me.
For I ^(C2)used to go over with the multitude and walk them to the house of God,
With a voice of ^(C3)joy and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating a festival.

^5 (C1)Why are you ^(F1)(C2)in despair, my soul?
And why are you ^(C3)restless within me?
^(C4)Wait for God, for I will ^(F2)again praise ^(F3)Him
For the ^(F4)(C5)help of His ^(F5)presence, my God.

⁶ My soul is ^(F1)in despair within me;
Therefore I ^(C1)remember You from ^(C2)the land of the Jordan
And the ^(F2)peaks of ^(C3)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

⁷ Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your ^(C1)breakers and Your waves have passed over me.

⁸ The LORD will ^(C1)send His goodness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me ^(C2)in the night,
A prayer to ^(C3)the God of my life.

⁹ I will say to God ^(C1)my rock, "Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go about ^(C2)mourning ^(F1)because of the ^(C3)oppression of the enemy?"

¹⁰ As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt me,
While they ^(C1)say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

^11 (C1)Why are you ^(F1)in despair, my soul?
And why are you restless within me?
Wait for God, for I will again praise ^(F2)Him
For the ^(F3)help of His presence, my God.