1 As a deer longs for streams of water,so I long for you, O God!
2 I thirst for God,for the living God.I say, “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”
3 I cannot eat, I weep day and night;all day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”
4 I will remember and weep!For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God,shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.
5 Why are you depressed, O my soul?Why are you upset?Wait for God!For I will again give thanksto my God for his saving intervention.
6 I am depressed,so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan,from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.