A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.

• ¹God, you are my God.
• I will earnestly seek you.

• My soul thirsts for you.
• My flesh longs for you,
• in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

• ²So I have seen you in the sanctuary,
• watching your power and your glory.

• ³Because your loving kindness is better than life,
• my lips shall praise you.

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

• ⁵My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food.
• My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
• ⁶when I remember you on my bed,
• and think about you in the night watches.

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

• ⁸My soul stays close to you.
• Your right hand holds me up.

• ⁹But those who seek my soul, to destroy it,
• shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

• ¹⁰They shall be given over to the power of the sword.
• They shall be jackal food.

• ¹¹But the king shall rejoice in God.
• Everyone who swears by him will praise him,
• for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.