New International Version NIV
New Century Version NCV
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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God, you are my God. I search for you. I thirst for you like someone in a dry, empty land where there is no water.
2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
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I have seen you in the Temple and have seen your strength and glory.
3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
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Because your love is better than life, I 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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I will praise you as long as I live. I will lift up my hands in prayer to 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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I will be content as if I had eaten the best foods. My lips will sing, and my mouth will praise you.
6 On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
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I remember you while I'm lying in bed; I think about you through the night.
7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
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You are my help. Because of your protection, I sing.
8 I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.
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I stay close to you; you support me with your right hand.
9 Those who want to kill me will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.
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Some people are trying to kill me, but they will go down to the grave.
10 They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.
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They will be killed with swords and eaten by wild dogs.
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 rejoice in his God. All who make promises in his name will praise him, but the mouths of liars will be shut.