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.

O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

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

To see your power and your glory, so as I have seen you in the sanctuary.

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

Because your loving kindness 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 while I live: 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.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips:

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

When I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches.

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

Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.

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

My soul follows hard after you: your right hand upholds me.

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

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, 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 fall by the sword: they shall be a portion 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 glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.