I long for you, O God.
As the deer longs for streams of water, …so I long for You, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before Him? (When can I come home, Father?) Day and night I have only tears for food, …while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, “Where is this God of yours?” My heart is breaking as 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 thanks ...amid the sound of a great celebration! 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 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. I hear the tumult of the raging seas, ...as your waves and surging tides sweep over ...