The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
New King James Version NKJV
1 For the leader. A maskil of the descendants of Korach: Just as a deer longs for running streams, God, I long for you.
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To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God.
2 I am thirsty for God, for the living God! When can I come and appear before God?
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My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
3 My tears are my food, day and night, while all day people ask me, "Where is your God?"
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My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, "Where is your God?"
4 I recall, as my feelings well up within me, how I'd go with the crowd to the house of God, with sounds of joy and praise from the throngs observing the festival.
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When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.
5 My soul, why are you so downcast? Why are you groaning inside me? Hope in God, since I will praise him again for the salvation that comes from his presence.
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Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him For the help of His countenance.
6 My God, when I feel so downcast, I remind myself of you from the land of Yarden, from the peaks of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.
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O my God, my soul is cast down within me; Therefore I will remember You from the land of the Jordan, And from the heights of Hermon, From the Hill Mizar.
7 Deep is calling to deep at the thunder of your waterfalls; all your surging rapids and waves are sweeping over me.
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Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; All Your waves and billows have gone over me.
8 By day ADONAI commands his grace, and at night his song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
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The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song shall be with me-- A prayer to the God of my life.
9 I say to God my Rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, under pressure by the enemy?
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I will say to God my Rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"
10 My adversaries' taunts make me feel as if my bones were crushed, as they ask me all day long, 'Where is your God?'"
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As with a breaking of my bones, My enemies reproach me, While they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
11 My soul, why are you so downcast? Why are you groaning inside me? Hope in God, since I will praise him again for being my Savior and God.
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Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.