This is probably the second half of Psalm 42 as it has the same refrain. We use the same tune St. Agnes "Jesus the very thought of thee"
Psalm 43
1 O God, judge me and try my case
against the faithless land;
deliver me from those who are
perverse and fraudulent.
2 You are my God, my stronghold safe;
why then do you deny?
why must my enemy oppress?
why must I always sigh?
3 O send your light forth and your truth;
let them be guides to me.
to bring me to your holy hill,
ev'n where your dwellings be.
4 Then will I to God's altar go,
to God my greatest joy;
Yes, God, my God your name to praise
my harp I will employ.
5 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why in me so dismayed?
O trust In God, you'll praise him yet:
my God who is my aid.
Psalm 42
1 As pants the deer for water-brooks,
my soul pants God, for you
2 for God, the living God, I thirst:
when shall God's face I view?
3 Both day and night, I weep, can't eat
"Where is your God?" men cry.
4 These things I have upon my heart
in mind keep constantly.
For to God's house with multitudes
I'd gladly march along,
with shouts of joy and giving thanks
among the festive throng.
5 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why in me so dismayed?
O trust in God, you'll praise him yet
to you he'll send his aid.
Why in me so dismayed?
O trust in God, you'll praise him yet
to you he'll send his aid.
6 My God, I will remember you
though I am cast down still,
while near the Jordan, Hermon's range
close by to Little Hill.
7 As plunging waters constantly
resound in pitch-black caves,
so o'er my head have now come up
your breakers and your waves.
8 Each day the Lord maintains his love,
I'll sing his song each night:
my prayer to God by whom I live.
9 To God my Rock I'll speak:
"Why have you so forgotten me,
why must I always sigh?"
10 Pressed down and crushed by jeering foes,
"Where is your God?" they cry.
11 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why in me so dismayed?
O trust in God, you'll praise him yet:
my God who is my aid.
Why in me so dismayed?
O trust in God, you'll praise him yet:
my God who is my aid.
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Extra lyrics for Psalm 43:3
1. Send out Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me;
O let them bring me to Thy holy hill.
Send out Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me;
O let them bring me to Thy holy hill.
O let them lead me,
O let them lead me;
O let them bring me to Thy holy hill.
2. Lead me, O Lord, in the way everlasting;
O lead and guide me to Thy holy hill;
Lead me, O Lord, in the way everlasting;
O lead and guide me to Thy holy hill.
O do Thou lead me,
O do Thou guide me,
O lead and guide me to Thy holy hill.
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