1.O God, you are my God alone;
with eagerness I seek your face.
My soul and body thirst for you,
as in a dry and weary place.

2.I’ve seen you in your holy place;
your pow’r and glory held my gaze.
Your love is better far than life,
and thus my lips will sing your praise.

3.I bless you, Lord, throughout my life
and raise my hands to you in prayer.
My joyful lips will sing your praise;
my soul is fed with richest fare.

4.I lie awake upon my bed,
rememb’ring you before it’s light;
on you, my God, I meditate,
throughout the watches of the night.

5.For you have been my help, O God;
I sing for joy beneath your wings.
Your right hand holds and strengthens me;
to you my soul for safety clings.

6. But those who seek to kill my soul
to depths of earth shall fall away;
a sword of pow’r will bring them down,
and they shall be the jackal’s prey.

7. The king will then rejoice in God,
and all who swear by him exult;
but God will stop the liars’ mouths,
the ones who utter what is false.