| New Living Translation | New Living Translation |
| 1As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. | 1As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. |
| 2I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him? | 2I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him? |
| 3Day and night I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, “Where is this God of yours?” | 3Day and night I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, “Where is this God of yours?” |
| 4My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration! | 4My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration! |
| 5Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and | 5Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and |
| 6my God! Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you— even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar. | 6my God! Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you— even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar. |
| 7I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me. | 7I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me. |
| 8But each day the LORD pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life. | 8But each day the LORD pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life. |
| 9“O God my rock,” I cry, “why have you forgotten me? Why must I wander around in grief, oppressed by my enemies?” | 9“O God my rock,” I cry, “why have you forgotten me? Why must I wander around in grief, oppressed by my enemies?” |
| 10Their taunts break my bones. They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?” | 10Their taunts break my bones. They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?” |
| 11Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God! | 11Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God! |
| Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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