Psalm 63:1–10

1 You, God, are my God,

earnestly I seek you;

I thirst for you,m

my whole being longs for you,

in a dry and parched land

where there is no water.n

2 I have seen you in the sanctuaryo

and beheld your power and your glory.p

3 Because your love is better than life,q

my lips will glorify you.

4 I will praise you as long as I live,r

and in your name I will lift up my hands.s

5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;t

with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

6 On my bed I remember you;

I think of you through the watches of the night.u

7 Because you are my help,v

I sing in the shadow of your wings.w

8 I cling to you;x

your right hand upholds me.y

9 Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;z

they will go down to the depths of the earth.a

10 They will be given over to the swordb

and become food for jackals.c