Psalm 63

David was so bad-ass. I imagine travelling through the desert in this one and the whole time my body doesn't want food or water or shelter--it wants God.

"O God, you are my God,

earnestly I seek you;

my soul thirsts for you,

my body longs for you,

in a dry and weary land

where there is no water.

I have seen you in the sanctuary

and beheld your power and your

glory.

Because your love is better than life,

my lips will glorify you.

I will praise you as long as I live,

and in your name I will lift up my

hands.

My soul will be satisfied as with the

richest of foods;

with singing lips my mouth will

praise you.

On my bed I remember you;

I think of you through the watches of

the night.

Because you are my help,

I sing in the shadow of your wings.

My soul clings to you;

your right hand upholds me.

They who seek my life will be

destroyed;

they will go down to the depths of

the earth.

They will be given over to the sword

and become food for jackals. [aka, disgraced forever;

lost in the wild; losers in the battle]

But the king will rejoice in God;

all who swear by God's name will

praise him,

while the mouths of liars [those who say God will not

save you] will be silenced."

(*Also, a night of despair can be endured because the morning of salvation always comes....)