O, why art thou cast down, my soul?
And what should so disquiet thee?
Still hope in God, and Him extol,
Whose face brings saving help to me.

Refrain:
As pants the hart for water brooks,
So pants my soul, O God for Thee;
For Thee it thirsts, to Thee it looks,
And longs the living God to see.

I cry to God, my rock and stay,
Oh, why hast Thou forgotten me?
Why go I mourning all the day,
Oppressed by my fierce enemy? [Refrain]

Yet shall the Lord command by day,
His loving kindness, and His song
By night be with me; and I pray
To Him who doth my life prolong. [Refrain]

These things I’ll call to mind, and cry,
When I shall tread the sacred way
To Zion, praising God on high,
With throngs who keep the holy day. [Refrain]