Sometimes Psalms Say It Better Than You Can

From Netbible.Org:

Psalm 42

For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites.

42:1 As a deer longs for streams of water,

so I long for you, O God!

42:2 I thirst for God,

for the living God.

I say, “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?” 

42:3 I cannot eat, I weep day and night; 

all day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”

42:4 I will remember and weep! 

For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God,

shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival. 

42:5 Why are you depressed, O my soul? 

Why are you upset? 

Wait for God!

For I will again give thanks

to my God for his saving intervention. 

42:6 I am depressed, 

so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan,

from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

42:7 One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; 

all your billows and waves overwhelm me. 

42:8 By day the Lord decrees his loyal love, 

and by night he gives me a song, 

a prayer to the living God.

42:9 I will pray to God, my high ridge:

“Why do you ignore me?

Why must I walk around mourning 

because my enemies oppress me?”

42:10 My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, 

as they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” 

42:11 Why are you depressed, O my soul? 

Why are you upset? 

Wait for God!

For I will again give thanks

to my God for his saving intervention.