Ian White —
Psalm 42, Psalm 43

Lyrics and Music by Ian White

As a deer pants for water,
I thirst for you, Lord,
But I have cried both day and night,
While men say “Where’s your God?”

These things I remember
As I pour out my soul,
How I used to praise the Lord,
Among the happy crowd.

  But why are you so sad, my soul?
  Why so disturbed within me?
  Why are you so sad, my soul?
  Why so disturbed within me?

Chorus:
     Put your hope in God
     For I will yet praise Him,
     My saviour and my God.
     Put your hope in God
     For I will yet praise Him,
     My saviour and my God.

I will remember you
From upon the mountain high,
I hear your call in waterfalls,
Your waves sweep over me.

By day the Lord will bring his love,
By night I have his song,
Until the Lord of all my life
A prayer I carry on.

   But why are you so sad, my soul?
   Why so disturbed within me?
   Why are you so sad, my soul?
   Why so disturbed within me?

Chorus:
     Put your hope in God
     For I will yet praise Him,
     My saviour and my God.
     Put your hope in God
     For I will yet praise Him,
     My saviour and my God.

And then I say to God, my rock,
Have you forgotten me,
Why must I go mourning,
Oppressed by enemies.

My bones suffer agony
As I hear the taunt of foes,
Saying to me all day long,
“Where is this God of yours?”

   But why are you so sad, my soul?
   Why so disturbed within me?
   Why are you so sad, my soul?
   Why so disturbed within me?

Chorus:
     Put your hope in God
     For I will yet praise Him,
     My saviour and my God.
     Put your hope in God
     For I will yet praise Him,
     My saviour and my God.

Bridge:
   Vindicate me, O Lord,
   And plead my cause among the nations.
   Deliver me for all deceitful and
   All wicked men.

   You are my God, my stronghold,
   Why have you rejected me?
   Why must I go mourning,
   Oppressed by the enemy?

Send forth your light, send forth your truth
And let them guide me well.
Let them bring me to your mountain,
To the place where you dwell.

Then I will go to the altar of God,
My joy and my delight.
And I will praise you with the harp,
O Lord, you are my God.

   But why are you so sad, my soul?
   Why so disturbed within me?
   Why are you so sad, my soul?
   Why so disturbed within me?

Chorus:
     Put your hope in God
     For I will yet praise Him,
     My saviour and my God.
     Put your hope in God
     For I will yet praise Him,
     My saviour and my God.