Psalms 63
1 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;
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 To see your power and your glory, so as I have seen you in the sanctuary.
So, I want to see you in your temple; I want to see that you are great and glorious.
3 Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
Your constantly loving [me] is (worth more/more precious) than [my] life, so I [MTY] will [always] praise you.
4 Thus will I bless you while I live: I will lift up my hands in your name.
I will praise you all the time that I live; I will lift up my hands to you while I pray.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips:
[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 you on my bed, and meditate on you 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 you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.
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 soul follows hard after you: your right hand upholds me.
I cling to you; and with your hand/power you protect me.
9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
But those who are trying to kill me will [die and] descend into the place of the dead;
10 They shall fall by the sword: 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 rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies 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.
