Antiphon 1 . My soul is thirsting for the Lord: when shall
I see him face to face?
Antiphon 2. I shall go to the House of God with songs of joy.
Like the deer that yeans
For running streams,
O my soul is yeaning
For you, my God.
2. My soul is thirsting for God,
The God of my life;
When can I enter and see
The face of God?
3. My tears have become my bread,
By night, by day,
As I hear it said all day long:
“Where is your God?”
4. These things will I remember
As I pour out my soul:
How I would lead the rejoicing crowd
Into the house of God
(Amid cries of gladness and thanksgiving, the throng wild with joy.)
5. Why are you cast down, my soul,
Why groan within me?
Hope in God, I will praise him still,
My Saviour and my God.
6. My soul is cast down within me
So I think of you
From the country of Jordan and Mount Hermon,
From the hill of Mizar.
7. Deep is calling on deep,
In the roar of waters:
Your torrents and all your waves
Swept over me.
8. By day the Lord will send
His loving kindness;
By night I will sing to him,
Praise the God of my life.
9. I will say to God, my rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning,
Oppressed by the foe?
1 0. With cries that pierce me to the heart,
My enemies revile me,
Saying to me all day long:
“Where is your God?”
1 1 . Why are you cast down my soul,
Why groan within me?
Hope in God, I will praise him still,
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My savior and my God.
1 2. Praise the father, the Son and Holy Spirit,
Both now and for ever,
The God who is, who was and who will be,
World without end.