The Message Bible MSG
Young's Literal Translation YLT
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 of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou [art] my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.
2 So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in your strength and glory.
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So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.
3 In your generous love I am really living at last! My lips brim praises like fountains.
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Because better [is] Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.
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 bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands.
5 I eat my fill of prime rib and gravy; I smack my lips. It's time to shout praises!
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As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And [with] singing lips doth my mouth praise.
6 If I'm sleepless at midnight, I spend the hours in grateful reflection.
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If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches -- I meditate on Thee.
7 Because you've always stood up for me, I'm free to run and play.
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For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing.
8 I hold on to you for dear life, and you hold me steady as a post.
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Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.
9 Those who are out to get me are marked for doom, marked for death, bound for hell.
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And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.
10 They'll die violent deaths; jackals will tear them limb from limb.
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They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.
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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And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!
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