¹ As the deer^(A) pants for streams of water,^(B)
    so my soul pants^(C) for you, my God.

¹ You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,^(A)
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water.^(B)

¹³¹ I open my mouth and pant,^(A)
    longing for your commands.^(B)

⁶ I spread out my hands^(A) to you;
    I thirst for you like a parched land.^[a]

¹ How lovely is your dwelling place,^(A)
    Lord Almighty!
² My soul yearns,^(B) even faints,
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
    for the living God.^(C)

¹ God is our refuge^(A) and strength,^(B)
    an ever-present^(C) help^(D) in trouble.^(E)

¹ You, Lord, showed favor to your land;
    you restored the fortunes^(A) of Jacob.

¹ Great is the Lord,^(A) and most worthy of praise,^(B)
    in the city of our God,^(C) his holy mountain.^(D)