1  ^tAs a deer pants for flowing streams,

so pants my soul for you, O God.

2  ^uMy soul thirsts for God,

for ^vthe living God.

When shall I come and ^wappear before God?²

3  ^xMy tears have been my food

day and night,

^ywhile they say to me all the day long,

“Where is your God?”

4  These things I remember,

as I ^zpour out my soul:

^ahow I would go ^bwith the throng

and lead them in procession to the house of God

with glad shouts and songs of praise,

^ca multitude keeping festival.

5  ^dWhy are you cast down, O my soul,

and why are you ^ein turmoil within me?

^fHope in God; for I shall again praise him,

my salvation³ 6 and my God.

My soul is cast down within me;

therefore I ^gremember you

^hfrom the land of Jordan and of ⁱHermon,

from Mount Mizar.

7  Deep calls to deep

at the roar of your waterfalls;

^jall your breakers and your ^kwaves

have gone over me.

8  By day the Lord ^lcommands his steadfast love,

and at ^mnight his song is with me,

a prayer to the God of my life.

9  I say to God, ⁿmy rock:

“Why have you forgotten me?

^oWhy do I go mourning

because of the oppression of the enemy?”

10  As with a deadly wound in my bones,

my adversaries taunt me,

^pwhile they say to me all the day long,

“Where is your God?”

11  ^qWhy are you cast down, O my soul,

and why are you in turmoil within me?

Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,

my salvation and my God.

1  ^rVindicate me, O God, and ^sdefend my cause

against an ungodly people,

from ^tthe deceitful and unjust man

deliver me!

2  For you are ^uthe God in whom I take refuge;

why have you ^vrejected me?

Why do I ^wgo about mourning

because of the oppression of the enemy?

3  ^xSend out your light and your truth;

let them lead me;

let them bring me to your ^yholy hill

and to your ^zdwelling!

4  Then I will go to the altar of God,

to God my exceeding joy,

and I will praise you with the lyre,

O God, my God.

5  ^aWhy are you cast down, O my soul,

and why are you in turmoil within me?

^bHope in God; for I shall again praise him,

my salvation and my God.

1  God is our ^crefuge and strength,

a very ^dpresent² help in ^etrouble.

2  Therefore we will not fear ^fthough the earth give way,

though the mountains be moved into ^gthe heart of the sea,

3  though ^hits waters roar and foam,

though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah

4  There is ⁱa river whose streams make glad ^jthe city of God,

the holy ^khabitation of the Most High.

5  ^lGod is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;

God will help her when morning dawns.

6  ^mThe nations rage, the kingdoms totter;

he ⁿutters his voice, the earth ^omelts.

7  ^pThe Lord of hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

8  ^qCome, behold the works of the Lord,

how he has brought desolations on the earth.

9  ^rHe makes wars cease to the end of the earth;

he ^sbreaks the bow and shatters the spear;

^the burns the chariots with fire.

10  ^u“Be still, and know that I am God.

^vI will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth!”

11  ^pThe Lord of hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

1  ^xClap your hands, all peoples!

^yShout to God with loud songs of joy!

2  For the Lord, the Most High, ^zis to be feared,

^aa great king over all the earth.

3  He ^bsubdued peoples under us,

and nations under our feet.

4  He chose our ^cheritage for us,

^dthe pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah

5  God ^ehas gone up with a shout,

the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

6  Sing praises to God, sing praises!

Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

7  For God is ^fthe King of all the earth;

sing praises ^gwith a psalm!³

8  God ^hreigns over the nations;

God sits on his holy throne.

9  ⁱThe princes of the peoples gather

as the people of the God of Abraham.

For ^jthe shields of the earth belong to God;

he is highly exalted!

1  ^lGreat is the Lord and greatly to be praised

in ^mthe city of our God!

His ⁿholy mountain, 2 ^obeautiful in elevation,

is ^pthe joy of all the earth,

Mount Zion, in the far north,

^qthe city of the great King.

3  Within her citadels God

has made himself known as a fortress.

4  For behold, ^rthe kings assembled;

they came on together.

5  As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;

they were in panic; they took to flight.

6  ^sTrembling took hold of them there,

anguish ^tas of a woman in labor.

7  By ^uthe east wind you ^vshattered

the ships of ^wTarshish.

8  As we have heard, so have we seen

in the city of the Lord of hosts,

in ^mthe city of our God,

which God will ^xestablish forever. Selah

9  We have thought on your ^ysteadfast love, O God,

in the midst of your temple.

10  As your ^zname, O God,

so your praise reaches to ^athe ends of the earth.

Your right hand is filled with righteousness.

11  Let Mount ^bZion be glad!

Let ^bthe daughters of Judah rejoice

because of your judgments!

12  Walk about Zion, go around her,

number her towers,

13  consider well her ^cramparts,

go through her citadels,

^dthat you may tell the next generation

14  that this is God,

our God forever and ever.

He will ^eguide us forever.⁴

1  How ^rlovely is your ^sdwelling place,

O Lord of hosts!

2  My soul ^tlongs, yes, ^ufaints

for the courts of the Lord;

my heart and flesh sing for joy

to ^vthe living God.

3  Even the sparrow finds a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may lay her young,

at your altars, O Lord of hosts,

^wmy King and my God.

4  ^xBlessed are those who dwell in your house,

ever ^ysinging your praise! Selah

5  Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

^zin whose heart are the highways to Zion.²

6  As they go through the Valley of Baca

they make it a place of springs;

^athe early rain also covers it with ^bpools.

7  They go ^cfrom strength to strength;

each one ^dappears before God in Zion.

8  O ^eLord God of hosts, hear my prayer;

give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

9  ^fBehold our ^gshield, O God;

look on the face of your anointed!

10  For a day ^hin your courts is better

than a thousand elsewhere.

I would rather be ⁱa doorkeeper in the house of my God

than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11  For the Lord God is ^ja sun and ^gshield;

the Lord bestows favor and honor.

^kNo good thing does he withhold

from those who ^lwalk uprightly.

12  O Lord of hosts,

^mblessed is the one who trusts in you!

1  On ^mthe holy mount ⁿstands the city he founded;

2  the Lord ^oloves the gates of Zion

more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

3  ^pGlorious things of you are spoken,

O ^qcity of God. Selah

4  Among those who ^rknow me I mention ^sRahab and Babylon;

behold, Philistia and Tyre, with ^tCush¹—

“This one was born there,” they say.

5  And of Zion it shall be said,

“This one and that one were born in her”;

for the Most High himself will ^uestablish her.

6  The Lord records as he ^vregisters the peoples,

“This one was born there.” Selah

7  ^wSingers and ^xdancers alike say,

“All my ^ysprings are in you.”