1    As the deer longs for the water brooks,  ♦

so longs my soul for you, O God.

2    My soul is athirst for God, even for the living God;  ♦

when shall I come before the presence of God?

3    My tears have been my bread day and night,  ♦

while all day long they say to me, ‘Where is now your God?’

4    Now when I think on these things, I pour out my soul:  ♦

how I went with the multitude

and led the procession to the house of God,

5    With the voice of praise and thanksgiving,  ♦

among those who kept holy day.

6    Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul,  ♦

and why are you so disquieted within me?

7    O put your trust in God;  ♦

for I will yet give him thanks,

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

Psalm 42.1-7

All   Glory to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning is now

and shall be for ever. Amen.

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