New International Reader's Version NIRV
New International Version NIV
1 God, you are my God. I greatly long for you. With all my heart I thirst for you in this dry desert where there isn't any water.
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You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
2 I have seen you in the sacred tent. There I have seen your power and your glory.
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I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
3 Your love is better than life. I will bring glory to you with my lips.
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Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
4 I will praise you as long as I live. I will lift up my hands when I pray to you.
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I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
5 I will be as satisfied as if I had eaten the best food there is. I will sing praise to you with my mouth.
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I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
6 As I lie on my bed I remember you. I think of you all night long.
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On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
7 Because you have helped me, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
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Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
8 I hold on to you. Your powerful right hand takes good care of me.
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I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.
9 Those who are trying to kill me will be destroyed. They will go down into the grave.
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Those who want to kill me will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.
10 They will be killed with swords. They will become food for wild dogs.
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They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.
11 But the king will be filled with joy because of what God has done. All those who take an oath in God's name will praise him. But the mouths of liars will be shut.
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But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God will glory in him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.
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