天主，我的靈魂渴慕你， 真好像牝鹿渴慕溪水。

天主，我的靈魂渴慕你，真好像牝鹿渴慕溪水。我的靈魂渴念天主，生活的天主，我何時來，能把天主的儀容目睹？有人終日向我說：「你的天主在那裏？」我的眼淚竟變成了我晝夜的飲食。我想起昔日周旋在歡樂的群眾裏，在群眾歡呼讚頌的歌聲裏，領他們朝覲天主的聖殿時，我的心不免感到憂傷哀悲，我的靈魂，你為何悲傷，為何憂苦？期望天主！因為我還要向他頌祝，因為他是我的救援，是我的天主。

As the deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When can I enter and see the face of God? My tears have been my bread day and night, as they ask me every day, “Where is your God?” Those times I recall as I pour out my soul, When I would cross over to the shrine of the Mighty One, to the house of God, Amid loud cries of thanksgiving, with the multitude keeping festival. Why are you downcast, my soul; why do you groan within me? Wait for God, for I shall again praise him, my savior and my God.