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;

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

Thus have I appeared before you in the sanctuary, that I might see your power and your glory.

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

For your mercy is better than life: my lips shall praise you.

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

Thus will I bless you during my life: I will lift up my hands in your name.

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

Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness; and [my] joyful lips shall praise your name.

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

Forasmuch as I have remembered you on my bed: in the early seasons I have meditated on you.

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

For you have been my helper, and in the shelter of your wings will I rejoice.

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

My soul has kept very close behind you: your right hand has upheld me.

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

But they vainly sought after my soul; they shall go into the lowest parts o the earth.

10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be 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 shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

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.