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One of my favorite "praise and worship" songs about longing for God's presence. I even sang the contemporary version as a solo back in my high school choir days.
The thing about living faith is that it is not something you can compartmentalize and just save in the sock drawer for a rainy day. It's something that ultimately impacts everything you are. Once you've had a real encounter with God, it leaves you needing more. We can, and often do, ignore that desire - but we shouldn't. God's presense, blessings, and guidance is the one thing we can never have too much of.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
As the deer thirsts for the streams
So my soul longs for You, oh God!
To Yahweh alone, my knee shall bow!
To Yahweh alone, my praises be!
[Verse 2]
Friend and Brother!
Almighty king!
Before You, there is no other!
My heart's desire,
Above everything!
[Bridge]
Why so troubled, oh my soul?
Why these downcast sighs?
[Chorus]
Yahweh alone is my strength and sheild!
In His name, I find relief!
I place my trust in Him alone!
I will praise Him evermore!
[Verse 3]
Gold nor silver, stone nor dust
No one else can satisfy
In You I've found my peace, my joy
The apple of my eye!
[Verse 4]
Deep calls to deep,
The lightning strikes,
The thunder roars,
And Yahweh calls His love to rise
[Bridge]
Why so troubled, oh my soul?
Why these downcast sighs?
[Chorus]
Yahweh alone is my strength and sheild!
In His name, I find relief!
I place my trust in Him alone!
I will praise Him evermore!
My saviour and my God!
[Ending]