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].
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
2 So, I want to see you in your temple; I want to see that you are great and glorious.
So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
3 Your constantly loving [me] is (worth more/more precious) than [my] life, so I [MTY] will [always] praise you.
Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
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 You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
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 is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
6 While I lie on my bed, I think about you. I think/meditate about you all during the night,
When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
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 You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.
8 I cling to you; and with your hand/power you protect me.
My soul clings to You; Your 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 life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.
10 they will be killed in battles [MTY] and their [corpses] will be eaten by jackals/wild dogs.
They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become 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 will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
