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 waste land of Judah. O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
2 So, I want to see you in your temple; I want to see that you are great and glorious.
To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place.
3 Your constantly loving [me] is (worth more/more precious) than [my] life, so I [MTY] will [always] praise you.
Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise.
4 I will praise you all the time that I live; I will lift up my hands to you while I pray.
So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your 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 will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;
6 While I lie on my bed, I think about you. I think/meditate about you all during the night,
When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time.
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].
Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the shade of your wings.
8 I cling to you; and with your hand/power you protect me.
My soul keeps ever near you: your right hand is my support.
9 But those who are trying to kill me will [die and] descend into the place of the dead;
But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to 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 will be cut off by the sword; they will be food 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 have joy in God; everyone who takes an oath by him will have cause for pride; but the false mouth will be stopped.
