[1] God, you are my God. I am searching so hard to find you. Body and soul, I thirst for you in this dry and weary land without water. [2] Yes, I have seen you in your Temple. I have seen your strength and glory. [3] Your faithful love is better than life, so my lips praise you. [4] By my life, I will praise you. In your name, I lift my hands in prayer. [5] When I sit down to satisfy my hunger, my joyful lips hunger to praise you! [6] I remember you while lying on my bed. I think about you in the middle of the night. [7] That is because you are the one who helps me. It makes me happy to be under your protection! [8] I stay close to you, and you hold me with your powerful arm. [9] Those who are trying to kill me will be destroyed. They will go down to their graves. [10] They will be killed with swords. Wild dogs will eat their dead bodies. [11] But the king will be happy with his God, and those who promised to obey him will praise him when he defeats those liars.
