Psalms 63

1 A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah. O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

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;

2 To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place.

To see your power and your glory, so as I have seen you in the sanctuary.

3 Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise.

Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.

4 So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name.

Thus will I bless you while I live: I will lift up my hands in your name.

5 My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips:

6 When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time.

When I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches.

7 Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the shade of your wings.

Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.

8 My soul keeps ever near you: your right hand is my support.

My soul follows hard after you: your right hand upholds me.

9 But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

10 They will be cut off by the sword; they will be food for foxes.

They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

11 But the king will have joy in God; everyone who takes an oath by him will have cause for pride; but the false mouth will be stopped.

But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.