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Why are you in despair, O my soul?

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?

My tears have been my food day and night,
These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?

The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me in the night,
A prayer tothe God of my life.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?

O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me!
Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God my exceeding joy;

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?

Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

(Psalms 42-43)