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I thirst for the living God.
    When can I go to meet with him?
Day and night, my tears have been my food.
People are always saying,
    “Where is your God?”
When I remember these things,
    I speak with a broken heart.
I used to walk with the crowd.
    I led the happy crowd to God’s Temple,
    with songs of praise.

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My soul thirsts(A) for God, for the living God.(B)
    When can I go(C) and meet with God?
My tears(D) have been my food
    day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”(E)
These things I remember
    as I pour out my soul:(F)
how I used to go to the house of God(G)
    under the protection of the Mighty One[a]
with shouts of joy(H) and praise(I)
    among the festive throng.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.