1  O God, you are my God; ^tearnestly I seek you;

^umy soul thirsts for you;

my flesh faints for you,

as in ^va dry and weary land where there is no water.

2  So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,

beholding ^wyour power and glory.

3  Because your ^xsteadfast love is better than life,

my lips will praise you.

4  So I will bless you ^yas long as I live;

in your ^zname I will ^alift up my hands.

5  My soul will be ^bsatisfied as with fat and rich food,

and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,

6  when I remember you ^cupon my bed,

and meditate on you in ^cthe watches of the night;

7  for you have been my help,

and in ^dthe shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

8  My soul ^eclings to you;

your right hand ^fupholds me.

9  But those who seek to destroy my life

^gshall go down into ^hthe depths of the earth;

10  they shall be given over to the power of the sword;

they shall be a portion for jackals.

11  But ⁱthe king shall rejoice in God;

all who ^jswear by him shall exult,

^kfor the mouths of ^lliars will be stopped.

1  Hear my voice, O God, in my ^mcomplaint;

preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

2  Hide me from ⁿthe secret plots of the wicked,

from the throng of evildoers,

3  who ^owhet their tongues like swords,

who ^paim bitter words like arrows,

4  shooting from ^qambush at the blameless,

shooting at him suddenly and ^rwithout fear.

5  They ^shold fast to their evil purpose;

they talk of ^tlaying snares secretly,

thinking, ^u“Who can see them?”

6  They search out injustice,

saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”

For ^vthe inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

7  ^wBut God shoots his arrow at them;

they are wounded suddenly.

8  They are brought to ruin, with their own ^xtongues turned against them;

all who ^ysee them will ^zwag their heads.

9  Then all mankind ^yfears;

they ^atell what God has brought about

and ponder what he has done.

10  Let ^bthe righteous one rejoice in the Lord

and ^ctake refuge in him!

Let all ^dthe upright in heart exult!

1  Praise ^eis due to you,¹ O God, in Zion,

and to you shall ^fvows be performed.

2  O you who ^ghear prayer,

to you ^hshall all flesh come.

3  When ⁱiniquities prevail against me,

you ^jatone for our transgressions.

4  ^kBlessed is the one you choose and bring near,

to ^ldwell in your courts!

We shall be ^msatisfied with the goodness of your house,

the holiness of your temple!

5  By ⁿawesome deeds you answer us with righteousness,

O God of our salvation,

the hope of all ^othe ends of the earth

and of the farthest seas;

6  the one who by his strength established the mountains,

being ^pgirded with might;

7  who ^qstills the roaring of the seas,

the roaring of their waves,

^rthe tumult of the peoples,

8  so that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs.

You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.

9  You visit the earth and ^swater it;²

you greatly enrich it;

^tthe river of God is full of water;

^uyou provide their grain,

for so you have prepared it.

10  You water its furrows abundantly,

settling its ridges,

softening it with ^vshowers,

and blessing its growth.

11  You crown the year with your bounty;

your wagon tracks ^woverflow with abundance.

12  ^xThe pastures of the wilderness overflow,

the hills ^ygird themselves with joy,

13  ^zthe meadows clothe themselves with flocks,

the valleys deck themselves with grain,

they ^ashout and sing together for joy.