1God, you are my God! I earnestly search for you,
my soul thirsts for you, and my flesh longs for you,
in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

2So I have looked on you in the sanctuary,
to see your power and your glory.

3Because your covenant faithfulness is better than life,
my lips will praise you.

4So I will bless you while I live;
I will lift up my hands in your name.

5It will be as if I ate a meal of marrow and fatness;
with joyful lips my mouth will praise you,

6when I think about you on my bed
and meditate on you in the night hours.

7For you have been my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I rejoice.

8I cling to you;
your right hand supports me.

9But those who seek to destroy my life
will go down into the lowest parts of the earth;

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they will be given over to those whose hands use the sword,
and they will become food for the jackals.

11But the king will rejoice in God;
everyone who swears by him will be proud of him,
but the mouth of those who speak lies will be stopped up.