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To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation [fn] of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks,So pants my soul for You, O God. ² My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.When shall I come and appear before God? [fn] ³ My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, "Where is your God?" ⁴ When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast. ⁵ Why are you cast down, O my soul?And why are you disquieted within me?Hope in God, for I shall yet praise HimFor the help of His countenance. [fn]

⁶ O my God, [fn] my soul is cast down within me;Therefore I will remember You from the land of the Jordan,And from the heights of Hermon,From the Hill Mizar. ⁷ Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; All Your waves and billows have gone over me. ⁸ The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song shall be with me-- A prayer to the God of my life. ⁹ I will say to God my Rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?" ¹⁰ As with a breaking of my bones, My enemies reproach me, While they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" ¹¹ Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.

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