As the deer pants for the water So pants my soul for You, O God My soul thirsts for You, for the living God When shall I come before You? I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear And in the night I am not silent My tears have been my food day and night While they continually say to me Where is your God? I am poured out like water My bones are out of joint My heart is like wax that's melted within Me My strength is all but depleted Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him (hope in God) For the help of His countenance O my God, my soul is cast down within me (praise Him) My soul is cast down within me