1. {cf15i BOOK II}As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
3. My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
4. These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.
5. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and {cf15i why} art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him {cf15i for} the health of his countenance.
6. O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore do I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
7. Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8. {cf15i Yet} the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day�time, and in the night his song shall be with me, {cf15i even} a prayer unto the God of my life.
9. I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10. As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me; while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
11. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, {cf15i who is} the health of my countenance, and my God.