Psalm 42

For the music director. A psalm (maskil) of the sons of Korah.

1As a deer longs for flowing streams, so I long for you, God.

2I am thirsty for God, the living God. When can I go and see God's face?1

3My tears have been my only food, day and night, while people ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”

4I am crushed2 as I remember how I walked with the crowds, leading them in a procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and songs of thanks among the worshipers at the festival.

5Why am I so discouraged? Why do I feel so sad? I will hope in God; I will praise him because he is the one who saves me3—

6my God! Even though I am very discouraged, I still remember you: from the land of Jordan and Hermon, and from Mount Mizar.

7You thunder through the raging waters, through the noise of the waterfalls. Your crashing waves surge over me—I feel like I'm drowning.4

8But every day the Lord shows me his trustworthy love; every night he gives me songs to sing—a prayer to the God of my life.

9I cry out, “My God, my rock, why have you forgotten me? Why must I go around weeping because of the attacks of my enemies?”

10The mocking of my attackers crushes my bones. They're always asking me, “Where is your God?”

11Why am I so discouraged? Why do I feel so sad? I will hope in God; I will praise him because he is the one who saves me—my God!