1Vajtswv, kuv kub siab lug nrhiav koj ib yam li tus muaslwj nrhiav tus dej ntws txias zias vim nws nqhis dej heev. 2Vajtswv tus uas muaj sia nyob, kuv lub siab xav nyob ze koj. Thaum twg kuv thiaj li tau mus pehawm koj nyob tim ntsej tim muag? 3Kuv quaj tas hnub tas hmo, kuv tej kua muag yog kuv cov mov noj, kuv cov yeebncuab niaj hnub nug kuv hais tias, “Koj tus Vajtswv nyob qhov twg?”
4Thaum uas kuv xav txog lub neej yav dhau los, kuv tu siab kawg; thaum kuv nrog cov neeg coob coob mus rau hauv Vajtswv lub tsev, thiab kuv coj lawv mus tsheej pab hu nkauj zoo siab thiab qw qhuas Vajtswv. 5Vim li cas kuv muaj kev nyuaj siab ua luaj? Vim li cas kuv yuav raug kev txomnyem ua luaj li? Kuv yuav muab kuv txojkev cia siab tso plhuav rau Vajtswv, thiab kuv yuav rov qhuas nws dua ib zaug ntxiv, nws yog kuv tus cawmseej thiab yog kuv tus Vajtswv.
6-7Kuv poob tebchaws tuaj nyob ntawm no ua lub neej lwj siab ntsuav, kuv thiaj nco txog Vajtswv. Nws cia kev nyuaj siab los raug kuv ib yam li dej hiavtxwv ntas tej niag twv tuaj nyab kuv, thiab ib yam li dej tsaws tsag saum lub Roob Helemoos thiab lub Roob Mixales los rau ntawm tus dej Yauladees. 8Thaum nruab hnub thov tus TSWV qhia nws txojkev hlub uas nyob mus li rau kuv; thaum tsaus ntuj kuv thiaj tau hu nkauj ua nws tsaug, kuv thov Vajtswv uas yog tus tuav kuv txojsia.
9Kuv hais rau Vajtswv uas yog tus tiv thaiv kuv tias, “Vim li cas koj tsis nco qab kuv lawm? Vim li cas kuv yuav tau tiv kuv cov yeebncuab txojkev tsimtxom?” 10Lawv thuam kuv, ua rau kuv siab ntsws lwj tas, vim lawv nug kuv tsis tseg hais tias, “Koj tus Vajtswv nyob qhov twg?”
11Vim li cas kuv nyuaj siab ua luaj? Vim li cas kuv yuav raug kev txomnyem ua luaj li? Kuv yuav tso siab pluav rau Vajtswv, thiab kuv yuav rov qhuas nws dua, nws yog kuv tus cawmseej thiab yog kuv tus Vajtswv.
For the director of music. A maskil⚓ of the Sons of Korah.
1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. 2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? 3My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” 4These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of the Mighty One⚓ with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng.
5Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
6My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar. 7Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.
8By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
9I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?” 10My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
11Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.