1
As a deer longs for a stream of cool water, so I long for you, O God.
2
I thirst for you, the living God. When can I go and worship in your presence?
3
Day and night I cry, and tears are my only food; all the time my enemies ask me, "Where is your God?"
4
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.
5
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.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.