My Soul Thirsts for You
A Psalm of David. When he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land without water.
2 Thus I have beheld You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.
3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips will laud You.
4 Thus I will bless You as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul is satisfied as with fatness and richness,
And my mouth offers praises with lips of joyful songs.
6 When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You in the night watches,
7 For You have been my help,
And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.
8 My soul clings to You;
Your right hand upholds me.
9 But those who seek my life to destroy it,
Will go into the depths of the earth.
10 They will be delivered over to the power of the sword;
They will be a portion for foxes.
11 But the king will be glad in God;
Everyone who swears by Him will boast,
For the mouths of those who speak lies will be closed.
The Righteous Will Be Glad in Yahweh
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
Guard my life from dread of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers,
From the tumult of the workers of iniquity,
3 Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
4 To shoot from places of hiding at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.
5 They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who can see them?”
6 They searched out unrighteousness, saying,
“We have completed a diligent search”;
For the inward thought of a man and his heart are deep.
7 But God will shoot them with an arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.
8 So they will cause their own tongue to turn against them;
All who see them will shake their head.
9 Then all men will fear,
And they will declare the work of God,
And will consider what He has done.
10 The righteous man will be glad in Yahweh and will take refuge in Him;
And all the upright in heart will boast.
Blessed Is the One Whom You Choose
For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.
To You, there will be silence and praise in Zion, O God,
And to You the vow will be paid.
2 O You who hear prayer,
To You all flesh comes.
3 Words of iniquity prevail against me;
As for our transgressions, You atone for them.
4 How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You
That he would dwell in Your courts.
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.
5 By fearsome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,
You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;
6 Who establishes the mountains by His strength,
Being girded with might;
7 Who stills the rumbling of the seas,
The rumbling of their waves,
And the tumult of the peoples.
8 They who inhabit the ends of the earth are in fear on account of Your signs;
You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.
9 You visit the earth and cause it to overflow;
You greatly enrich it;
The stream of God is full of water;
You establish their grain, for thus You establish the earth.
10 You water its furrows abundantly,
You smooth its ridges,
You soften it with showers,
You bless its growth.
11 You crown the year with Your goodness,
And Your paths drip with richness.
12 The pastures of the wilderness drip,
And the hills gird themselves with rejoicing.
13 The meadows are clothed with flocks
And the valleys are covered with grain;
They make a loud shout, indeed, they sing.