My Soul Waits for God Alone

To the choirmaster: according to xJeduthun. A Psalm of David.

¹For God alone ymy soul zwaits in silence;

from him comes my salvation.

²aHe alone is my rock and my salvation,

my bfortress; cI shall not be greatly shaken.

³How long will all of you attack a man

to batter him,

like da leaning wall, a tottering fence?

⁴They only plan to thrust him down from his ehigh position.

They take pleasure in falsehood.

fThey bless with their mouths,

but inwardly they curse. Selah

⁵For God alone, O ymy soul, wait in silence,

for my hope is from him.

⁶aHe only is my rock and my salvation,

my fortress; I shall not be shaken.

⁷On God rests my gsalvation and my glory;

my mighty rock, hmy refuge is God.

⁸iTrust in him at all times, O people;

jpour out your heart before him;

God is ha refuge for us. Selah

⁹kThose of low estate are but a breath;

those of high estate lare a delusion;

in the balances they go up;

kthey are together lighter than a breath.

¹⁰Put no trust in extortion;

mset no vain hopes on robbery;

nif riches increase, set not your heart on them.

¹¹oOnce God has spoken;

otwice have I heard this:

that ppower belongs to God,

¹²and that to you, O Lord, qbelongs steadfast love.

For you will rrender to a man

according to his work.

My Soul Thirsts for You

A Psalm of David, swhen he was in the wilderness of Judah.

¹O God, you are my God; tearnestly I seek you;

umy soul thirsts for you;

my flesh faints for you,

as in va dry and weary land where there is no water.

²So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,

beholding wyour power and glory.

³Because your xsteadfast love is better than life,

my lips will praise you.

⁴So I will bless you yas long as I live;

in your zname I will alift up my hands.

⁵My soul will be bsatisfied as with fat and rich food,

and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,

⁶when I remember you cupon my bed,

and meditate on you in cthe watches of the night;

⁷for you have been my help,

and in dthe shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

⁸My soul eclings to you;

your right hand fupholds me.

⁹But those who seek to destroy my life

gshall go down into hthe depths of the earth;

¹⁰they shall be given over to the power of the sword;

they shall be a portion for jackals.

¹¹But ithe king shall rejoice in God;

all who jswear by him shall exult,

kfor the mouths of lliars will be stopped.