Psalms 63
1 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 body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Idumea. O God, my God, I cry to you early; my soul has thirsted for you: how often has my flesh [longed] after you, in a barren and trackless and dry land!
2 So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
Thus have I appeared before you in the sanctuary, that I might see your power and your glory.
3 Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
For your mercy is better than life: my lips shall praise you.
4 So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
Thus will I bless you during my life: I will lift up my hands in your name.
5 My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness; and [my] joyful lips shall praise your name.
6 When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
Forasmuch as I have remembered you on my bed: in the early seasons I have meditated on you.
7 For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.
For you have been my helper, and in the shelter of your wings will I rejoice.
8 My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
My soul has kept very close behind you: your right hand has upheld me.
9 But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.
But they vainly sought after my soul; they shall go into the lowest parts o the earth.
10 They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword; they shall be portions for foxes.
11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall be praised; for the mouth of them that speak unjust things has been stopped.
