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| 1. | {A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.} God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. | A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah. | O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; | ||
| 2. | So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory. | O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is; | To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. | ||
| 3. | Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. | To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place. | Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. | ||
| 4. | So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name. | Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise. | Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. | ||
| 5. | My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips, | So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name. | My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: | ||
| 6. | when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches. | My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy; | When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. | ||
| 7. | For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings. | When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time. | Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. | ||
| 8. | My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up. | Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the shade of your wings. | My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. | ||
| 9. | But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. | My soul keeps ever near you: your right hand is my support. | But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. | ||
| 10. | They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food. | But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth. | They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. | ||
| 11. | But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced. | They will be cut off by the sword; they will be food for foxes. | But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. | ||