Hebrew Names Version HNV
The Message Bible MSG
1 <<A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Yehudah.>> 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.
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God - you're my God! I can't get enough of you! I've worked up such hunger and thirst for God, traveling across dry and weary deserts.
2 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, Watching your power and your glory.
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So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in your strength and glory.
3 Because your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise you.
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In your generous love I am really living at last! My lips brim praises like fountains.
4 So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.
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I bless you every time I take a breath; My arms wave like banners of praise to you.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
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I eat my fill of prime rib and gravy; I smack my lips. It's time to shout praises!
6 When I remember you on my bed, And think about you in the night watches.
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If I'm sleepless at midnight, I spend the hours in grateful reflection.
7 For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
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Because you've always stood up for me, I'm free to run and play.
8 My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
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I hold on to you for dear life, and you hold me steady as a post.
9 But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the eretz.
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Those who are out to get me are marked for doom, marked for death, bound for hell.
10 They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.
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They'll die violent deaths; jackals will tear them limb from limb.
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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But the king is glad in God; his true friends spread the joy, While small-minded gossips are gagged for good.
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