1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. 3 My tears have been my food day and night, 4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, 5 Why are you in despair, my soul? 6 My God, my soul is in despair within me. 7 Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. 8 Yahweh+“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. will command his loving kindness in the daytime. 9 I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? 10 As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, 11 Why are you in despair, my soul?