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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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O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.
2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
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Thus I have seen you in the sanctuary, beholding your strength and glory.
3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
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Because your loyal love [is] better than life, my lips will praise you.
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 I will bless you while I live. I will lift 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 satisfied [as with the] best and richest [food], and [with] joyful lips my mouth will praise.
6 On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
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When I remember you on my bed, I meditate on you in [the] night watches.
7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
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Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
8 I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.
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My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.
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 as for them [who] seek my life for ruin, they will go into the depths of the earth.
10 They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.
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They [who] would {deliver him to the sword} will become a portion for jackals.
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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However, the king will rejoice in God. Everyone who swears an oath by him will boast, because [the] mouth of [the] liars will be stopped.
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