1 לַמְנַצֵּחַ מַשְׂכִּיל לִבְנֵי־קֹרַח׃

2 כְּאַיָּל תַּעֲרֹג עַל־אֲפִיקֵי־מָיִם כֵּן נַפְשִׁי תַעֲרֹג אֵלֶיךָ אֱלֹהִים׃

3 צָמְאָה נַפְשִׁי ׀ לֵאלֹהִים לְאֵל חָי מָתַי אָבֹוא וְאֵרָאֶה פְּנֵי אֱלֹהִים׃

4 הָיְתָה־לִּי דִמְעָתִי לֶחֶם יֹומָם וָלָיְלָה בֶּאֱמֹר אֵלַי כָּל־הַיֹּום אַיֵּה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃

5 אֵלֶּה אֶזְכְּרָה ׀ וְאֶשְׁפְּכָה עָלַי ׀ נַפְשִׁי כִּי אֶעֱבֹר ׀ בַּסָּךְ אֶדַּדֵּם עַד־בֵּית אֱלֹהִים בְּקֹול־רִנָּה וְתֹודָה הָמֹון חֹוגֵג׃

6 מַה־תִּשְׁתֹּוחֲחִי ׀ נַפְשִׁי וַתֶּהֱמִי עָלָי הֹוחִילִי לֵאלֹהִים כִּי־עֹוד אֹודֶנּוּ יְשׁוּעֹות פָּנָיו׃

7 אֱ‍לֹהַי עָלַי נַפְשִׁי תִשְׁתֹּוחָח עַל־כֵּן אֶזְכָּרְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ יַרְדֵּן וְחֶרְמֹונִים מֵהַר מִצְעָר׃

8 תְּהֹום־אֶל־תְּהֹום קֹורֵא לְקֹול צִנֹּורֶיךָ כָּל־מִשְׁבָּרֶיךָ וְגַלֶּיךָ עָלַי עָבָרוּ׃

9 יֹומָם ׀ יְצַוֶּה יְהוָה ׀ חַסְדֹּו וּבַלַּיְלָה [שִׁירָהּ כ] (שִׁירֹו ק) עִמִּי תְּפִלָּה לְאֵל חַיָּי׃

10 אֹומְרָה ׀ לְאֵל סַלְעִי לָמָה שְׁכַחְתָּנִי לָמָּה־קֹדֵר אֵלֵךְ בְּלַחַץ אֹויֵב׃

11 בְּרֶצַח ׀ בְּעַצְמֹותַי חֵרְפוּנִי צֹורְרָי בְּאָמְרָם אֵלַי כָּל־הַיֹּום אַיֵּה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃

12 מַה־תִּשְׁתֹּוחֲחִי ׀ נַפְשִׁי וּמַה־תֶּהֱמִי עָלָי הֹוחִילִי לֵאלֹהִים כִּי־עֹוד אֹודֶנּוּ יְשׁוּעֹת פָּנַי וֵאלֹהָי׃

For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah.

1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks,

So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:

When shall I come and appear before God?

3 My tears have been my food day and night,

While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me,

How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God,

With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.

5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul?

And why art thou disquieted within me?

Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him

For the help of his countenance.

6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me:

Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan,

And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls:

All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

8 Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time;

And in the night his song shall be with me,

Even a prayer unto the God of my life.

9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me?

Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

10 As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me,

While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul?

And why art thou disquieted within me?

Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him,

Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.