The Message Bible MSG
World English Bible WEB
1 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.
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<<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.
2 So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in your strength and glory.
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So I have seen you in the sanctuary, Watching your power and your glory.
3 In your generous love I am really living at last! My lips brim praises like fountains.
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Because your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise you.
4 I bless you every time I take a breath; My arms wave like banners of praise to you.
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So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.
5 I eat my fill of prime rib and gravy; I smack my lips. It's time to shout praises!
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My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
6 If I'm sleepless at midnight, I spend the hours in grateful reflection.
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When I remember you on my bed, And think about you in the night watches.
7 Because you've always stood up for me, I'm free to run and play.
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For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
8 I hold on to you for dear life, and you hold me steady as a post.
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My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
9 Those who are out to get me are marked for doom, marked for death, bound for hell.
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But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
10 They'll die violent deaths; jackals will tear them limb from limb.
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They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.
11 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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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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