Psalm 42

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  1. As a deer will thirst in anguish
    for refreshing water brooks,
    so for you, O God, I languish;
    so my soul for comfort looks
    to the living God above.
    How I thirst for his great love!
    When shall I appear before him
    and within his courts adore him?

  2. Bitter tears of lamentation
    are my food by night and day.
    In my deep humiliation
    “Where is now your God?” they say.
    Then my soul in sorrow longs
    for the days when festive throngs
    walked with me, their praises voicing,
    to God’s house with loud rejoicing.

  3. O my soul, why are you grieving,
    why disquieted in me?
    Put your hope in God, believing
    he will still your refuge be.
    I again shall see his face
    and extol him for his grace.
    He will show his help and favour,
    for he is my God and Saviour.

  4. I will from beyond the Jordan
    think of you in my distress
    and will even from Mount Hermon
    not forget your faithfulness.
    Deep re-echoes there to deep
    as the waters plunge and leap.
    Over me with thunderous roaring
    all your waves are wildly pouring.

  5. But the LORD will send salvation
    and by day his love maintain;
    he will grant me preservation,
    and I will rejoice again.
    I will sing and pray at night
    to the God of life and light.
    He will in his mercy hear me
    and for evermore be near me.

  6. I will ask my Rock and fortress,
    “Why have you forgotten me?
    Why must I go on in sadness,
    hounded by the enemy?”
    Their rebukes and scoffing words
    pierce my bones like pointed swords,
    as they say in proud defiance,
    “Where is God, your firm reliance?”

  7. O my soul, why are you grieving,
    why disquieted in me?
    Put your hope in God, believing
    he will still your refuge be.
    I again shall see his face
    and extol him for his grace.
    He will show his help and favour,
    for he is my God and Saviour.