Psalms 63
1 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!
A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou [art] my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.
2 Thus have I appeared before you in the sanctuary, that I might see your power and your glory.
So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.
3 For your mercy is better than life: my lips shall praise you.
Because better [is] Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.
4 Thus will I bless you during my life: I will lift up my hands in your name.
So I bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands.
5 Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness; and [my] joyful lips shall praise your name.
As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And [with] singing lips doth my mouth praise.
6 Forasmuch as I have remembered you on my bed: in the early seasons I have meditated on you.
If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches — I meditate on Thee.
7 For you have been my helper, and in the shelter of your wings will I rejoice.
For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing.
8 My soul has kept very close behind you: your right hand has upheld me.
Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.
9 But they vainly sought after my soul; they shall go into the lowest parts o the earth.
And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.
10 They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword; they shall be portions for foxes.
They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.
11 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.
And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!
