40 lines
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40 lines
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# Chapter 42
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1 As the deer longs for streams of water,
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so I long for you, O God.
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2 I thirst for God, the living God.
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When can I go and stand before him?
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3 Day and night I have only tears for food,
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while my enemies continually taunt me, saying,
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“Where is this God of yours?”
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4 My heart is breaking
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as I remember how it used to be:
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I walked among the crowds of worshipers,
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leading a great procession to the house of God,
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singing for joy and giving thanks
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amid the sound of a great celebration!
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5 Why am I discouraged?
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Why is my heart so sad?
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I will put my hope in God!
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I will praise him again—
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my Savior and
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6 my God!
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Now I am deeply discouraged,
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but I will remember you—
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even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan,
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from the land of Mount Mizar.
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7 I hear the tumult of the raging seas
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as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.
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8 But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me,
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and through each night I sing his songs,
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praying to God who gives me life.
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9 “O God my rock,” I cry,
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“Why have you forgotten me?
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Why must I wander around in grief,
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oppressed by my enemies?”
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10 Their taunts break my bones.
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They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?”
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11 Why am I discouraged?
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Why is my heart so sad?
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I will put my hope in God!
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I will praise him again—
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my Savior and my God! |