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O God, you are my God—
    it is you I seek!
For you my body yearns;
    for you my soul thirsts,
In a land parched, lifeless,
    and without water.(A)
I look to you in the sanctuary
    to see your power and glory.
For your love is better than life;[a]
    my lips shall ever praise you!

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Footnotes

  1. 63:4 For your love is better than life: only here in the Old Testament is anything prized above life—in this case God’s love.

I have seen you in the sanctuary(A)
    and beheld your power and your glory.(B)
Because your love is better than life,(C)
    my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,(D)
    and in your name I will lift up my hands.(E)

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