Text: | Psalm 42 |
Tune: | [My soul is thirsting for the Lord] |
Composer (psalm tone): | Douglas Mews |
Composer (refrain): | Joseph Gelineau |
Refrain:
My soul is thirsting for the Lord:
when shall I see God face to face?
1 As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God
2 My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God. (repeat phrases c and d)
When shall I come and behold
the face of God? (Refrain)
3 My tears have been my food
[both] day and night,
while people say to me continually,
"Where is your God?" (Refrain)
4 These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I went with the throng,
nd led them in procession
to the house of God, (repeat phrases c and d)
with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving,
a multitude keeping festival. (Refrain)
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my help
6 and my God. (Refrain)
My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I remember You
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
[and] from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep
at the thunder of Your cataracts;
all Your waves and Your billows
have gone over me. (Refrain)
8 By day the Lord commands His steadfast love,
and at night His song is with me, (omit phrase c)
a prayer to the God of my life. (Refrain)
9 I say to God, my rock,
"Why have You forgotten me?
Why must I walk about mournfully
because the enemy oppresses me?" (Refrain)
10 As with a deadly wound in my body,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me continually,
"Where is your God?" (Refrain)
11 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him,
my help and my God. (Refrain)
Text Information | |
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First Line: | As a deer longs for flowing streams |
Title: | Psalm 42 |
Refrain First Line: | My soul is thirsting for the Lord |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Responsive Reading |
Notes: | Responsorial refrain to responsive reading. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [My soul is thirsting for the Lord] |
Composer (psalm tone): | Douglas Mews (1986) |
Composer (refrain): | Joseph Gelineau (1986) |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Copyright: | Psalm tone copyright International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.; Refrain copyright © 1963 by Ladies of the Grail (England) Used by permission of G.I.A. Ppublications, Inc. Chicago, Illinoise, exclusive agent. All rights reserved. |