Tune: Thornbury
(\'Thy hand, O God, has guided\')
Psalm 42 v.1-5
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As the deer pants for water
So my heart to you stirs
And my soul pants after you
To know you more, clear, true
My soul thirst for God, for He
The living God e\'er be
When shall I come and appear
Before God, to Him near?
My tears have been my food, for
Enemies reproach sure
Day and night they say, Where be
Your God? He has gone, see
When I remember these things
What memory to me brings
I pour out my soul in me
Lord, my affliction see
For I do good days recall
When I went with them all
To the house of God, to praise
Him, the voice of joy raise
I joined the congregation
Worshipping with each one
That kept holy day constant
With them, the penitent
Why are you cast down my soul?
Oppression takes its toll
Why are you disquieted in
Me, troubled from within?
Hope you in God, my soul, for
I shall yet praise Him sure
For the help of His presence
His Spirit I do sense