Psalm 63

¹  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.
² So I have seen you in the sanctuary,
    watching your power and your glory.
³ Because your loving kindness is better than life,
    my lips shall praise you.
⁴ So I will bless you while I live.
    I will lift up my hands in your name.
⁵ My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food.
    My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
⁶     when I remember you on my bed,
    and think about you in the night watches.
⁷ For you have been my help.
    I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
⁸ My soul stays close to you.
    Your right hand holds me up.
⁹ But those who 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.
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.

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