Psalms 63
1 [A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.] 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.
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.
2 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.
So I have seen You in the sanctuary, To behold Your strength and Your glory.
3 Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
Because better [is] Your kindness than life, My lips praise You.
4 So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.
So I bless You in my life, I lift up my hands in Your Name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And [with] singing lips my mouth praises.
6 when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.
If I have remembered You on my bed, I meditate on You in the watches.
7 For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
For You have been a help to me, And I sing in the shadow of Your wings.
8 My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
My soul has cleaved after You, Your right hand has taken hold on me.
9 But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
And they who seek my soul for desolation, Go into the lower parts of the earth.
10 They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.
They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, They are a portion for foxes.
11 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.
And the king rejoices in God, Everyone swearing by Him boasts, But the mouth of those speaking lies is stopped!
