Psalm 63: 1-8

A psalm of David when he was in the desert of Judah.

 ¹ You, God, are my God,
       earnestly I seek you;
       I thirst for you,
       my whole being longs for you,
       in a dry and parched land
       where there is no water.

    ² I have seen you in the sanctuary
       and beheld your power and your glory.

     ³ Because your love is better than life,
       my lips will glorify you.

     ⁴ I will praise you as long as I live,
       and in your name I will lift up my hands.

     ⁵ I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of 
       foods;  with singing lips my mouth will 
       praise you.

     ⁶ On my bed I remember you;
       I think of you through the watches of the night.

     ⁷ Because you are my help,
       I sing in the shadow of your wings.

     ⁸ I cling to you;
       your right hand upholds me.

May it be so, Lord God.  Amen.