Psalms 63

1 A PSALM OF DAVID, IN HIS BEING IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH. O God, You [are] my God, earnestly I seek You, My soul has thirsted for You, My flesh has longed for You, In a dry and weary land, without waters.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Idumea. O God, my God, I cry to thee early; my soul has thirsted for thee: how often has my flesh [longed] after thee, in a barren and trackless and dry land!

2 So I have seen You in the sanctuary, To behold Your strength and Your glory.

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

3 Because better [is] Your kindness than life, My lips praise You.

For thy mercy is better than life: my lips shall praise thee.

4 So I bless You in my life, I lift up my hands in Your Name.

Thus will I bless thee during my life: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

5 As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And [with] singing lips my mouth praises.

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

6 If I have remembered You on my bed, I meditate on You in the watches.

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

7 For You have been a help to me, And I sing in the shadow of Your wings.

For thou hast been my helper, and in the shelter of thy wings will I rejoice.

8 My soul has cleaved after You, Your right hand has taken hold on me.

My soul has kept very close behind thee: thy right hand has upheld me.

9 And they who seek my soul for desolation, 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 cause him to run on the edge of the sword, They are a portion for foxes.

They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword; they shall be portions for foxes.

11 And the king rejoices in God, Everyone swearing by Him boasts, But the mouth of those speaking lies is 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.