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6-7 Here in exile my heart is breaking,
    and so I turn my thoughts to him.
He has sent waves of sorrow over my soul;
    chaos roars at me like a flood,
    like waterfalls thundering down to the Jordan
    from Mount Hermon and Mount Mizar.
May the Lord show his constant love during the day,
    so that I may have a song at night,
    a prayer to the God of my life.

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My soul is downcast within me;
    therefore I will remember(A) you
from the land of the Jordan,(B)
    the heights of Hermon(C)—from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep(D)
    in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
    have swept over me.(E)

By day the Lord directs his love,(F)
    at night(G) his song(H) is with me—
    a prayer to the God of my life.(I)

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