God, you are my God.

I search for you.

I thirst for you like someone in a dry, empty land

where there is no water.

I have seen you in the Temple

and have seen your strength and glory.

Because your love is better than life,

I will praise you.

I will praise you as long as I live.

I will lift up my hands in prayer to your name.

I will be content as if I had eaten the best foods.

My lips will sing, and my mouth will praise you.

I remember you while I'm lying in bed;

I think about you through the night.

You are my help.

Because of your protection, I sing.

I stay close to you;

you support me with your right hand.

Psalm 63