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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
מזמור לדוד בהיותו במדבר יהודה ב אלהים אלי אתה-- אשחרך צמאה לך נפשי-- כמה לך בשרי בארץ-ציה ועיף בלי-מים
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
mzmvr ldvd bhyvtv bmdbr yhvdh b Alhym Aly Ath-- ASHKHrk TSmAh lk npSHy-- kmh lk bSHry bArTS-TSyh v`yp bly-mym

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
victori canticum David

King James Variants
American King James Version   
O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
King James 2000 (out of print)   
O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Authorized (King James) Version   
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
New King James Version   
A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.
21st Century King James Version   
O God, Thou art my God; early will I seek Thee. My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee, in a dry and thirsty land where no water is,

Other translations
American Standard Version   
O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
My God, you are my God, and I shall wait for you; my soul is thirsty for you, and my flesh looks for you like thirsty and troubled land that seeks water
Darby Bible Translation   
{A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my �God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
A psalm of David when he was in the desert of Edom. O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my soul hath thirsted; for thee my flesh, O how many ways!
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, in a dry and weary land, where no water is.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
God's Word   
[A psalm by David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, you are my God. At dawn I search for you. My soul thirsts for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
A Davidic psalm. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah. God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You. I thirst for You; my body faints for You in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.
International Standard Version   
God, you are my God! I will fervently seek you. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you in a dry, weary, and parched land.
NET Bible   
A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
New American Standard Bible   
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
New International Version   
A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah. 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.
New Living Translation   
A psalm of David, regarding a time when David was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.
Webster's Bible Translation   
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
The World English Bible   
God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
EasyEnglish Bible   
David wrote this psalm when he was in the Judah wilderness. 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.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou [art] my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.
New Life Version   
O God, You are my God. I will look for You with all my heart and strength. My soul is thirsty for You. My flesh is weak wanting You in a dry and tired land where there is no water.
The Voice Bible   
A song of David while in the wilderness of Judah. O True God, You are my God, the One whom I trust. I seek You with every fiber of my being. In this dry and weary land with no water in sight, my soul is dry and longs for You. My body aches for You, for Your presence.
Living Bible   
A psalm of David when he was hiding in the wilderness of Judea. O God, my God! How I search for you! How I thirst for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water. How I long to find you!
New Catholic Bible   
A psalm of David. When he was in the wilderness of Judah.
Legacy Standard Bible   
A Psalm of David. When he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land without water.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee; my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh longs for thee in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water;
Christian Standard Bible   
A psalm of David. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah. God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you. I thirst for you; my body faints for you in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
O God, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is.
New Century Version   
A psalm of David when he was in the desert of Judah. 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.
The Message   
God—you’re my God! I can’t get enough of you! I’ve worked up such hunger and thirst for God, traveling across dry and weary deserts.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
A psalm by David. When he was in the wilderness of Judah. God, you are my God. Eagerly I seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and dreary land without water.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Good News Translation®   
O God, you are my God, and I long for you. My whole being desires you; like a dry, worn-out, and waterless land, my soul is thirsty for you.
Wycliffe Bible   
The psalm of David, when he was in the desert of Judah. God, my God, I wake to thee full early. My soul thirsted to thee; my flesh thirsted to thee full manyfold. In a land forsaken without way, and without water, (The song of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. God, my God, I wake up early, and I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee; my flesh greatly thirsteth for thee. Here in a desert/ed land, without a way, and without water.)
Contemporary English Version   
(A psalm by David when he was in the desert of Judah.) You are my God. I worship you. In my heart, I long for you, as I would long for a stream in a scorching desert.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God, I seek thee, my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh faints for thee, as in a dry and weary land where no water is.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Common English Bible © 2011   
God! My God! It’s you— I search for you! My whole being thirsts for you! My body desires you in a dry and tired land, no water anywhere.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You; My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
New American Standard Bible   
God, You are my God; I shall be watching for You; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and exhausted land where there is no water.
The Expanded Bible   
A psalm of David when he was in the ·desert [wilderness] of Judah [C fleeing from a jealous Saul; 1 Sam. 21–31]. God, you are my God. I ·search for [am intent on] you. I thirst for you [42:1–2] ·like someone [or my flesh yearns for you] in a dry, ·empty [exhausted; weary] land where there is no water.
Tree of Life Version   
A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
Revised Standard Version   
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God, I seek thee, my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh faints for thee, as in a dry and weary land where no water is.
New International Reader's Version   
A psalm of David when he was in the Desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I seek you with all my heart. With all my strength I thirst for you in this dry desert where there isn’t any water.
BRG Bible   
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Complete Jewish Bible   
A psalm of David, when he was in the desert of Y’hudah:
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
(Mizmor Dovid. When he was in the midbar Yehudah). O Elohim, Thou art Eli; early will I seek Thee; my nefesh thirsteth for Thee; my basar longeth for Thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no mayim is;
Names of God Bible   
A psalm by David when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O Elohim, you are my Elohim. At dawn I search for you. My soul thirsts for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water.
Modern English Version   
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh faints for You, in a dry and thirsty land with no water.
Easy-to-Read Version   
A song of David written when he was in the desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I am searching so hard to find you. Body and soul, I thirst for you in this dry and weary land without water.
International Children’s Bible   
A song of David when he was in the desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I want to follow you. My whole being thirsts for you, like a man in a dry, empty land where there is no water.
Lexham English Bible   
A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you as in a dry and weary land without water.
New International Version - UK   
A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah. 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.