Where Are You, My Shelter (Psalm 42) Lyrics

Like a deer in desert places

Searching for a stream to drink

So my soul, through barren spaces

Longs for You, begins to sink

Days and nights of endless yearning

Through the shadows, through the pain

To Your waters I keep turning

Till my spirit's whole again

Where are You, my God, my Shelter?

When will I behold Your face?

Though the storms around me swelter

I'll remember days of grace

Deep calls out to deep within me

Waves of mercy wash me clean

Till Your living waters find me

Till Your presence sets me free

Memories of celebration

Echo through an empty hall

Now I face my desolation

While the cynics mock and call"Where's your God in all this sorrow?

Where's your hope in darkest night?"

Still I know there's hope tomorrow

Dawn will pierce the fading light

Where are You, my God, my Shelter?

When will I behold Your face?

Though the storms around me swelter

I'll remember days of grace

Deep calls out to deep within me

Waves of mercy wash me clean

Till Your living waters find me

Till Your presence sets me free

Why so downcast, oh my spirit?

Why this tumult deep within?

Put your hope in God and hear it

Love's refrain through all this din

Though the mountains shake and crumble

Though the waters rage and roar

I will praise You, stay here humble

Till I reach Your distant shore

Where are You, my God, my Shelter?

When will I behold Your face?

Though the storms around me swelter

I'll remember days of grace

Deep calls out to deep within me

Waves of mercy wash me clean

Till Your living waters find me

Till Your presence sets me free

Hope in God, my soul's salvation

Dawn will break, and night will cease

All these waves of tribulation

Lead me to Your perfect peace