PSALMS 42 & 43
METER: LMD (88 88 D)
SUGGESTED TUNE: HE LEADETH ME
1. As longs the deer for flow-ing streams,
So longs my soul for you, O God.
I thirst for God, the liv-ing God.
When shall I see the face of God?
My tears have fed me night and day,
While peo-ple say, "Where is your God?"
As I pour out my soul in grief,
These things come to my mind again:
2. How I went with the mul-ti-tude
And led them all up to God's house
With shouts of joy and songs of praise,
As we were keep-ing fest-i-val.
Oh, why, my soul, are you cast down?
Oh, why are you dis-qui-et-ed?
I shall a-gain praise God my help,
And I shall place my hope in him.
3. My soul with-in me is crushed down,
And there-fore I re-mem-ber you.
Deep calls to deep when rap-ids roar,
Your waves and bil-lows o'er me go.
By day God shows his con-stant love,
At night his song is still with me,
A prayer to God who gives me life.
And yet I say to God, my rock:
4. "God, why have you for-got-ten me?
Why do you let my foes op-press?"
They taunt me, say-ing, "Where's your God?"
I feel like I've a dead-ly wound.
Oh, why, my soul, are you cast down?
Oh, why are you dis-qui-et-ed?
I shall a-gain praise God my help,
And I shall place my hope in him.
5. Lord, be my judge, de-fend my cause
A-gainst those who are with-out God;
Save me from those who false-hoods tell
And those who do not do what's just.
You are my God, my ref-uge true;
So why must I re-ject-ed be?
Why do I have to go and mourn
Be-cause I am op-pressed by foes?
6. Send out your light, send out your truth,
Oh, let them al-ways lead me on,
That I may come un-to your house
And to the moun-tain where you dwell.
Then to God's al-tar I will go,
To God who gives ex-ceed-ing joy;
And I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God, I will praise you.
7. Oh, why, my soul, are you cast down?
Oh, why are you dis-qui-et-ed?
I shall a-gain praise God my help,
And I shall place my hope in him.
Oh, why, my soul, are you cast down?
Oh, why are you dis-qui-et-ed?
I shall a-gain praise God my help,
And I shall place my hope in him.
Stanzas 1-4 reprinted by permission of the publisher from Sing the Psalms! by Dale A. Schoening. Copyright 1988 Dale A. Schoening. Stanzas 5-7 copyright 2001 Dale A. Schoening.
