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 Edom. O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my soul hath thirsted; for thee my flesh, O how many ways!

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

In a desert land, and where there is no way, and no water: so in the sanctuary have I come before thee, to see thy power and thy glory.

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

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

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

Thus will I bless thee all my life long: and in thy name I will lift up my hands.

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 mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.

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

If I have remembered thee upon my bed, I will meditate on thee in the morning:

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

Because thou hast been my helper. And I will rejoice under the covert of thy wings:

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

My soul hath stuck close to thee: thy right hand hath received me.

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

But they have sought my soul in vain, they shall go 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 shall be delivered into the hands of the sword, they shall 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!

But the king shall rejoice in God, all they shall be praised that swear by him: because the mouth is stopped of them that speak wicked things.