5 Why am I so sad?Why am I so troubled?I will put my hope in God,and once again I will praise him,my saviour and my God.
6-7 Here in exile my heart is breaking,and so I turn my thoughts to him.He has sent waves of sorrow over my soul;chaos roars at me like a flood,like waterfalls thundering down to the Jordanfrom Mount Hermon and Mount Mizar.
8 May the Lord show his constant love during the day,so that I may have a song at night,a prayer to the God of my life.
9 To God, my defender, I say,“Why have you forgotten me?Why must I go on sufferingfrom the cruelty of my enemies?”
10 I am crushed by their insults,as they keep on asking me,“Where is your God?”
11 Why am I so sad?Why am I so troubled?I will put my hope in God,and once again I will praise him,my saviour and my God.