Study Desk

For the choir director. A ^[a]Maskil of the sons of Korah.

As the deer ^[b]pants for the water brooks, So my soul ^[c](a)pants for You, O God.

My soul ^(b)thirsts for God, for the ^(c)living God; When shall I come and ^[d](d)appear before God?

My ^(e)tears have been my food day and night, While they ^(f)say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

These things I remember and I ^(g)pour out my soul within me. For I ^(h)used to go along with the throng and ^[e]lead them in procession to the house of God, With the voice of ⁽ⁱ⁾joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

^(j)Why are you ^[f](k)in despair, O my soul? And why have you become ^(l)disturbed within me? ^[g](m)Hope in God, for I shall ^[h]again praise ^[i]Him For the ^[j](n)help of His presence.

O my God, my soul is ^[k]in despair within me; Therefore I ^(o)remember You from ^(p)the land of the Jordan And the ^[l]peaks of ^(q)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; All Your ^(r)breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.

The Lord will ^(s)command His lovingkindness in the daytime; And His song will be with me ^(t)in the night, A prayer to ^(u)the God of my life.

I will say to God ^(v)my rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go ^(w)mourning ^[m]because of the ^(x)oppression of the enemy?"

As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me, While they ^(y)say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

^(z)Why are you ^[n]in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? ^[o]Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, The ^[p]help of my countenance and my God.