Psalms 63

1 A Psalme of David. When he was in the wildernesse of Judah. O God, thou art my God, earely will I seeke thee: my soule thirsteth for thee: my flesh longeth greatly after thee in a barren and drye land without water.

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 Thus I beholde thee as in the Sanctuarie, when I beholde thy power and thy glorie.

So, I want to see you in your temple; I want to see that you are great and glorious.

3 For thy louing kindnesse is better then life: therefore my lippes shall prayse thee.

Your constantly loving [me] is (worth more/more precious) than [my] life, so I [MTY] will [always] praise you.

4 Thus will I magnifie thee all my life, and lift vp mine hands in thy name.

I will praise you all the time that I live; I will lift up my hands to you while I pray.

5 My soule shalbe satisfied, as with marowe and fatnesse, and my mouth shall praise thee with ioyfull lippes,

[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 When I remember thee on my bedde, and when I thinke vpon thee in the night watches.

While I lie on my bed, I think about you. I think/meditate about you all during the night,

7 Because thou hast bene mine helper, therefore vnder the shadow of thy wings wil I reioyce.

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 My soule cleaueth vnto thee: for thy right hand vpholdeth me.

I cling to you; and with your hand/power you protect me.

9 Therefore they that seeke my soule to destroy it, they shall goe into the lowest partes of the earth.

But those who are trying to kill me will [die and] descend into the place of the dead;

10 They shall cast him downe with the edge of the sword, and they shall be a portion for foxes.

they will be killed in battles [MTY] and their [corpses] will be eaten by jackals/wild dogs.

11 But the King shall reioyce in God, and all that sweare by him shall reioyce in him: for the mouth of them that speake lyes, shall be stopped.

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.