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

25 Lord, you are my God;^(A)
    I will exalt you and praise your name,^(B)
for in perfect faithfulness^(C)
    you have done wonderful things,^(D)
    things planned^(E) long ago.

⁴ But I said, “I have labored in vain;^(A)
    I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,^(B)
    and my reward^(C) is with my God.”^(D)