< 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 the God whom I [worship]. I greatly desire to be with you like [SIL] a person in a dry hot desert greatly desires [some cool water].
2 So I have seen You in the sanctuary, To behold Your strength and Your glory.
So, I want to see you in your temple; I want to see that you are great and glorious.
3 Because better [is] Your kindness than life, My lips praise You.
Your constantly loving [me] is (worth more/more precious) than [my] life, so I [MTY] will [always] praise you.
4 So I bless You in my life, I lift up my hands in Your Name.
I will praise you all the time that I live; I will lift up my hands to you while I pray.
5 As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And [with] singing lips my mouth praises.
[Knowing you satisfies me more than] [IDM, MET] my eating a very big feast, [so] I will praise you while I sing [MTY] joyful songs.
6 If I have remembered You on my bed, I meditate on You in the watches.
While I lie on my bed, I think about you. I think/meditate about you all during the night,
7 For You have been a help to me, And I sing in the shadow of Your wings.
because you have always helped me, and I sing joyfully knowing that I am protected by you [as a little bird is protected] under [its mother’s] wings [MET].
8 My soul has cleaved after You, Your right hand has taken hold on me.
I cling to you; and with your hand/power you protect me.
9 And they who seek my soul for desolation, Go into the lower parts of the earth.
But those who are trying to kill me will [die and] descend into the place of the dead;
10 They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, They are a portion for foxes.
they will be killed in battles [MTY] and their [corpses] will be eaten by jackals/wild dogs.
11 And the king rejoices in God, Everyone swearing by Him boasts, But the mouth of those speaking lies is stopped!
But I, the king [of Israel], will rejoice in what God has done; and all those who revere and trust God will praise him, but he will not allow liars to say anything.

< Psalms 63 >