Antiphon: My soul is thirsting for the Lord;
when shall I see him face to face?

Like the deer that yearns for running streams,
S my soul is yearning for you, my God.

My soul is thirsting for God, the God of my life,
When can I enter and see the face of God?

My tears have become my bread, by night, by day
As I hear it said all day long: "Where is your God?

These things will I remember, as I pour out my soul,
How I would lead the rejoicing crowd into the house of God.

Why are you cast down, my soul? Why groan within me?
Hope in God, I will praise him still, my savior and my God.

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.

Deep is calling on deep, in the roar of waters,
Your torrents and all your waves swept over me.

By day the Lord will send His loving kindness,
By night I will sing to him; praise the God, of my life.

I will say to God, my Rock: "Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning, oppressed by the foe?

With cries that pierce me to the heart,
my enemies revile me,
saying to me all day long Where is your God

Praise the Father, the Son and Holy
Spirit, both now and forever,
The God who is who was, and who will.
be, world without end.