Psalms 63

1 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].

١ مَزْمُورٌ لِدَاوُدَ عِنْدَمَا كَانَ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ يَهُوذَا يَا اللهُ أَنْتَ إِلَهِي وَإِيَّاكَ أَطْلُبُ بَاكِراً. عَطِشَتْ إِلَيْكَ نَفْسِي وَيَشْتَاقُ إِلَيْكَ جِسْمِي فِي أَرْضٍ قَاحِلَةٍ يَابِسَةٍ لَا مَاءَ فِيهَا،

2 So, I want to see you in your temple; I want to see that you are great and glorious.

٢ حَتَّى أُعَايِنَ قُدْرَتَكَ وَمَجْدَكَ، مِثْلَمَا رَأَيْتُكَ فِي مَوْضِعِكَ الْمُقَدَّسِ.

3 Your constantly loving [me] is (worth more/more precious) than [my] life, so I [MTY] will [always] praise you.

٣ لأَنَّ رَحْمَتَكَ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْحَيَاةِ، لِذَلِكَ تُسَبِّحُكَ شَفَتَايَ.

4 I will praise you all the time that I live; I will lift up my hands to you while I pray.

٤ أَحْمَدُكَ عَلَى بَرَكَاتِكَ مَدَى حَيَاتِي، وَبِاسْمِكَ أَرْفَعُ يَدَيَّ مُبْتَهِلاً.

5 [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.

٥ تَشْبَعُ نَفْسِي كَأَنَّهَا أَكَلَتْ مِنَ الشَّحْمِ وَالدَّسَمِ، وَيُسَبِّحُكَ فَمِي بِشَفَتَيْنِ مُبْتَهِجَتَيْنِ

6 While I lie on my bed, I think about you. I think/meditate about you all during the night,

٦ أَذْكُرُكَ عَلَى فِرَاشِي وَأَتَأَمَّلُ فِيكَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ اللَّيْلِ.

7 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].

٧ لأَنَّكَ كُنْتَ عَوْناً لِي، فَإِنِّي فِي ظِلِّ جَنَاحَيْكَ أُرَنِّمُ مُبْتَهِجاً.

8 I cling to you; and with your hand/power you protect me.

٨ تَتَعَلَّقُ نَفْسِي بِكَ. يَمِينُكَ تَدْعَمُنِي

9 But those who are trying to kill me will [die and] descend into the place of the dead;

٩ أَمَّا طَالِبُو نَفْسِي لِيُهْلِكُوهَا فَسَيَدْخُلُونَ أَسْفَلَ أَعْمَاقِ الأَرْضِ.

10 they will be killed in battles [MTY] and their [corpses] will be eaten by jackals/wild dogs.

١٠ يُسَلَّمُونَ إِلَى حَدِّ السَّيْفِ وَيَضْحَوْنَ مَأْكَلاً لِبَنَاتِ آوَى.

11 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.

١١ أَمَّا الْمَلِكُ فَيَفْرَحُ بِاللهِ وَيَفْتَخِرُ بِهِ كُلُّ مَنْ يُقْسِمُ (صَادِقاً) لأَنَّ أَفْوَاهَ النَّاطِقِينَ بِالْكَذِبِ تُسَدُّ.