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].
O God, thou are my God. I will earnestly seek thee. My soul thirsts for thee, my flesh longs for thee, in a dry and weary land, where is no water.
2 So, I want to see you in your temple; I want to see that you are great and glorious.
So I have looked upon thee in the sanctuary to see thy power and thy glory.
3 Your constantly loving [me] is (worth more/more precious) than [my] life, so I [MTY] will [always] praise you.
Because thy loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
4 I will praise you all the time that I live; I will lift up my hands to you while I pray.
So I will bless thee while I live. I will lift up my hands in thy name.
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.
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness. And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips
6 While I lie on my bed, I think about you. I think/meditate about you all during the night,
when I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night-watches.
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].
For thou have been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings I will rejoice.
8 I cling to you; and with your hand/power you protect me.
My soul follows close after thee. Thy right hand upholds me.
9 But those who are trying to kill me will [die and] descend into the place of the dead;
But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
10 they will be killed in battles [MTY] and their [corpses] will be eaten by jackals/wild dogs.
They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be a portion for foxes.
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.
But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him shall glory, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.
