63 God, you are my God.
    I want to be near to you.
I need you to give me life,
    like a thirsty person in a dry desert.
As a person needs water to live,
    that is how I need you.^[b]
2 When I have gone into your temple,
    I have seen what you are like.
I have seen your great power and your glory.
³ Your faithful love for me is better than life itself.
    So I will speak out to praise you.
⁴ Yes, I will thank you for as long as I live.
I will lift up my hands and I will pray to you.
⁵ You make me very happy,
    better than a feast of good food.
I will sing happy songs to praise you.
⁶ When I lie on my bed,
    I think about you all through the night.
⁷ You are the one who keeps me safe,
    like a bird protects its babies under its wings.
So I sing happy songs.
⁸ I keep very near to you
    and your strong right hand keeps me safe.
⁹ My enemies are trying to kill me,
    but I know that they themselves will die.
They will go down into the deep hole of death.
¹⁰ Soldiers will kill them with swords.
    Wild dogs will eat their dead bodies.
¹¹ But the king will sing songs to praise God.^[c]
Everybody who promises to serve God
    will speak aloud to praise him.
But everyone who tells lies
    will not be able to say anything!