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, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry land, and it is faint without water.
2 So, I want to see you in your temple; I want to see that you are great and glorious.
As I have beheld thee in the sanctuary, seeing thy strength 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 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.
Thus will I bless thee while I live; in thy name will I lift up 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.
As with fat and marrow will my soul be satisfied; and with tuneful lips shall my mouth praise thee.
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 couch, I 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].
Because thou hast been a help unto me; and in the shadow of thy wings will I sing rejoicingly.
8 I cling to you; and with your hand/power you protect me.
My soul cleaveth unto following thee: me thy right hand upholdeth.
9 But those who are trying to kill me will [die and] descend into the place of the dead;
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go down into the lowest deeps of the earth.
10 they will be killed in battles [MTY] and their [corpses] will be eaten by jackals/wild dogs.
They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword: they shall become a prey for jackals.
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: every one that sweareth by him shall glorify himself; for the mouth of those that speak falsehood shall be stopped.
