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- <To the chief music-maker.
Maschil.
Of the sons of Korah.>
Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.
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- My soul is dry for need of God, the living God;
when may I come and see the face of God?
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- My tears have been my food day and night, while they keep saying to me, Where is your God?
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- Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.
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- Why are you crushed down, O my soul?
and why are you troubled in me?
put your hope in God;
for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
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- My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind;
from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
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- Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls;
all your waves have gone rolling over me.
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- But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
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- I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory?
why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?
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- The cruel words of my haters are like a crushing of my bones;
when they say to me every day, Where is your God?
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- Why are you crushed down, O my soul?
and why are you troubled in me?
put your hope in God;
for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
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