New International Version NIV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
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, 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 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
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So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.
3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
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Because better [is] Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.
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 bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands.
5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
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As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And [with] singing lips doth my mouth praise.
6 On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
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If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches -- I meditate on Thee.
7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
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For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing.
8 I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.
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Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.
9 Those who want to kill me will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.
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And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in 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 cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.
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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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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