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according to the Book of Common Prayer, 2019
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Psalm 42

Quemadmodum

1 As the deer desires 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 to appear before the presence of God?

3 My tears have been my food day and night,*

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

4 When I think upon these things, I pour out my heart,*

when I remember how I went with the multitude, and brought them into the house of God,

5 With the voice of praise and thanksgiving*

among those who keep 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.

8 My soul is heavy within me;*

therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan, and from Mizar among the hills of Hermon.

9 One deep calls to another in the noise of your waterfalls;*

all your waves and storms have gone over me.

10 The Lord will grant his loving-kindness in the daytime;*

and in the night season will I sing of him, and make my prayer to the God of my life.

11 I will say to God my rock, "Why have you forgotten me?*

Why am I full of heaviness, while the enemy oppresses me?"

12 My bones are broken asunder,*

while my enemies mock me to my face,

13 While all day long they say to me,*

"Where now is your God?"

14 Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul,*

and why are you so disquieted within me?

15 O put your trust in God,*

for I will yet give him thanks, who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

Psalms with similar themes:

The Passion
22  40  42  54  130  69  88  116 

The Hope of Immortality
16  146  30  121  42  49  66  73  103  116  139 

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