Psalms 63
1 A psalm of David, when he was in the Judean desert. God, you are my God, I eagerly look for you. I am thirsty for you; all that I am longs for you in this dry, weary, waterless land.
God, you are the God whom I [worship]. I greatly desire to be with you like [SIL] a person in a dry hot desert greatly desires [some cool water].
2 I see you in the Temple; I watch your power and glory.
So, I want to see you in your temple; I want to see that you are great and glorious.
3 Your trustworthy love is better than life itself; I will praise you.
Your constantly loving [me] is (worth more/more precious) than [my] life, so I [MTY] will [always] praise you.
4 I will thank you as long as I live; I lift up my hands as I celebrate your wonderful character.
I will praise you all the time that I live; I will lift up my hands to you while I pray.
5 You satisfy me more than the richest food; I will praise you with joyful songs.
[Knowing you satisfies me more than] [IDM, MET] my eating a very big feast, [so] I will praise you while I sing [MTY] joyful songs.
6 I think of you all night long as I lie on my bed meditating about you.
While I lie on my bed, I think about you. I think/meditate about you all during the night,
7 For you are the one who helps me; I sing happily from under your wings.
because you have always helped me, and I sing joyfully knowing that I am protected by you [as a little bird is protected] under [its mother’s] wings [MET].
8 I hold on to you; your strong arms lift me up.
I cling to you; and with your hand/power you protect me.
9 Those who are trying to destroy me will go down into the grave.
But those who are trying to kill me will [die and] descend into the place of the dead;
10 They will be killed by the sword; they will become food for jackals.
they will be killed in battles [MTY] and their [corpses] will be eaten by jackals/wild dogs.
11 But the king will be happy for what God has done. All who follow God will praise him, but those who tell lies will be silenced.
But I, the king [of Israel], will rejoice in what God has done; and all those who revere and trust God will praise him, but he will not allow liars to say anything.
