One Hundred Holy Songs, Carols, and Sacred Ballads Original, and suitable for music [by Jean Ingelow] |
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A PORTION OF PSALM XLII. |
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A PORTION OF PSALM XLII.
“As the hart panteth.”
As the hart panteth, fainting;—and forward looks,
Urged over the desert wilds, and sultry lea;
As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
So panteth my soul after Thee.
Urged over the desert wilds, and sultry lea;
As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
So panteth my soul after Thee.
My soul is athirst for God—the living God;
When shall I come and appear, O God, before Thee?
When I remember how I Thy courts have trod,
I pour out my soul in me.
When shall I come and appear, O God, before Thee?
When I remember how I Thy courts have trod,
I pour out my soul in me.
I went with the multitude, with joy and praise,
With such as keep holiday; but lo! my crown
Is trod in the dust, I mourn through all my days;
O my God, my soul is cast down.
With such as keep holiday; but lo! my crown
Is trod in the dust, I mourn through all my days;
O my God, my soul is cast down.
Tears are my meat, yet upward my spirit looks;
Though Thou me slay, Thou only my hope shalt be;
As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
So panteth my soul after Thee.
Though Thou me slay, Thou only my hope shalt be;
As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
So panteth my soul after Thee.
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