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As a deer longs for a stream of cool water, so I long for you, O God. |
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I thirst for you, the living God. When can I go and worship in your presence? |
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Day and night I cry, and tears are my only food; all the time my enemies ask me, "Where is your God?" |
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My heart breaks when I remember the past, when I went with the crowds to the house of God and led them as they walked along, a happy crowd, singing and shouting praise to God. |
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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 savior and my God. |
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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 Jordan from Mount Hermon and Mount Mizar. |
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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. |
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To God, my defender, I say, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go on suffering from the cruelty of my enemies?" |
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I am crushed by their insults, as they keep on asking me, "Where is your God?" |
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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 savior and my God. |
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