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 desert of Idumea. O God, my God: to you, I keep vigil until first light. For you, my soul has thirsted, to you my body, in so many ways.

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

By a deserted land, both inaccessible and waterless, so I have appeared in the sanctuary before you, in order to behold your virtue and your glory.

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

For your mercy is better than life itself. It is you my lips will praise.

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

So will I bless you in my life, and 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 if with marrow and fatness; and my mouth will give praise with exultant lips.

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

When I have remembered you on my bed in the morning, I will meditate 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 I will exult under the cover of your wings.

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

My soul has clung close to you. Your right hand has supported me.

9 And they who seek my soul for desolation, Go into the lower parts of the earth.

Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. They will enter into the lower parts of the earth.

10 They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, They are a portion for foxes.

They will be delivered into the hand of the sword. They will be the portions of foxes.

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

Truly, the king will rejoice in God: all those who swear by him will be praised, because the mouth of those who speak iniquity has been blocked.