2 (3) (3) My nefesh thirsteth for Elohim, for El Chai. When shall I come and appear before Elohim [in the Beis Hamikdash]?

3 (4) (4) My tears have been my lechem yomam valailah, while they continually say unto me, Where is Eloheicha?

4 (5) (5) When I remember these things, I pour out my nefesh within me; for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the Beis Elohim with the voice of rinnah and todah, with the multitude keeping Chag (holy day, pilgrim feast).

5 (6) (6) Why art thou cast down, O my nefesh? And why groanest thou (T.N. i.e., murmuring in discouragement) within me? Hope thou in (T.N. i.e., wait for) Elohim; for I shall yet give Him thanks, for He is the yeshuah (salvation) of my countenance and Elohai.

6 (7) (7) My nefesh is cast down within me; therefore will I remember Thee from Eretz Yarden, and from Chermon's peaks, from Har Mitzar [mountain near Mt Chermon].

7 (8) (8) Tehom el Tehom ([oceanic] deep unto [oceanic] deep) calleth at the noise of Thy waterfalls; all Thy breakers and Thy billows are passed over me.

8 (9) (9) Yet Hashem will command His chesed by day, and in the night His shir (song) shall be with me, my tefillah (prayer) unto the El Chayyai (G-d of my life).

9 (10) (10) I will say unto El Sali (G-d my Rock), Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the oyev (enemy)? [Mt 27:46]

10 (11) (11) As with the crushing of my atzamot (bones), mine tzorer (vexers, harassers) reproach me; while they say all day long unto me, Where is Eloheicha?

11 (12) (12) Why art thou cast down, O my nefesh? And why art thou disquieted within me?