1 As the deer longs for streams of water,so I long for you, O God.
2 I thirst for God, the living God.When can I go and stand before him?
3 Day and night I have only tears for food,while my enemies continually taunt me, saying,“Where is this God of yours?”
4 My heart is breakingas I remember how it used to be:I walked among the crowds of worshipers,leading a great procession to the house of God,singing for joy and giving thanksamid the sound of a great celebration!
5 Why am I discouraged?Why is my heart so sad?I will put my hope in God!I will praise him again—my Savior and
6 my God! Now I am deeply discouraged,but I will remember you—even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan,from the land of Mount Mizar.
7 I hear the tumult of the raging seasas your waves and surging tides sweep over me.