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The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 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.
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<A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.> O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
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To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place.
3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
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Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise.
4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
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So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name.
5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
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My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;
6 On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
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When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time.
7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
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Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the shade of your wings.
8 I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.
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My soul keeps ever near you: your right hand is my support.
9 Those who want to kill me will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.
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But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.
10 They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.
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They will be cut off by the sword; they will be food for foxes.
11 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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But the king will have joy in God; everyone who takes an oath by him will have cause for pride; but the false mouth will be stopped.
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