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A psalm written by David when he was in the desert in Judea
God, you are the God whom I worship.
I greatly desire to be with you
like [SIL] a person in a dry hot desert greatly desires some cool water.
 
So, I want to see you in your temple;
I want to see that you are great and glorious.
Your constantly loving me isworth more/more preciousthan my life,
so I [MTY] will always praise you.
I will praise you all the time that I live;
I will lift up my hands to you while I pray.
Knowing you satisfies me more than [IDM, MET] my eating a very big feast,
so I will praise you while I sing [MTY] joyful songs.
 
While I lie on my bed, I think about you.
I think/meditate about you all during the night,
because you have always helped me,
and I sing joyfully knowing that I am protected by you
as a little bird is protected under its mother’s wings [MET].
I cling to you;
and with your hand/power you protect me.
 
But those who are trying to kill me
will die and descend into the place of the dead;
10  they will be killed in battles [MTY]
and their corpses will be eaten by jackals/wild dogs.
 
11  But I, the king of Israel, will rejoice in what God has done;
and all those who revere and trust God will praise him,
but he will not allow liars to say anything.