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

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

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

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

4 So I bless You in my life, I 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 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 your name.

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

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

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

For you have been my helper, and in the shelter of your 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 you: your 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.