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.

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

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

So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your kavod ·weighty glory·.

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

Because your chesed ·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.

So I will 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 the richest food. 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 on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.

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

For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

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

My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

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

But those who 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 be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.

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. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.