Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?
To the choirmaster. A Maskil of athe Sons of Korah.
bAs a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God.
2 aMy soul thirsts for God,
for bthe living God.
When shall I come and cappear before God?
3 aMy tears have been my food
day and night,
bwhile they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember,
as I apour out my soul:
bhow I would go cwith the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
da multitude keeping festival.
5 aWhy are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you bin turmoil within me?
cHope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation
6 and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I aremember you
bfrom the land of Jordan and of cHermon,
from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep
at the roar of your waterfalls;
aall your breakers and your bwaves
have gone over me.
8 By day the Lord acommands his steadfast love,
and at bnight his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I say to God, amy rock:
“Why have you forgotten me?
bWhy do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10 As with a deadly wound in my bones,
my adversaries taunt me,
awhile they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
11 aWhy are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.