Psalms

¹A Psalm of David, when he was in the desert of Idumea. ↗

²O God, my God: to you, I keep vigil until first light. For you, my soul has thirsted, to you my body, in so many ways. ↗

³By a deserted land, both inaccessible and waterless, so I have appeared in the sanctuary before you, in order to behold your virtue and your glory. ↗

⁴For your mercy is better than life itself. It is you my lips will praise. ↗

⁵So will I bless you in my life, and I will lift up my hands in your name. ↗

⁶Let my soul be filled, as if with marrow and fatness; and my mouth will give praise with exultant lips. ↗

⁷When I have remembered you on my bed in the morning, I will meditate on you. ↗

⁸For you have been my helper. And I will exult under the cover of your wings. ↗

⁹My soul has clung close to you. Your right hand has supported me. ↗

¹⁰Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. They will enter into the lower parts of the earth. ↗

¹¹They will be delivered into the hand of the sword. They will be the portions of foxes. ↗

¹²Truly, the king will rejoice in God: all those who swear by him will be praised, because the mouth of those who speak iniquity has been blocked. ↗