Psalms 63

1 A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. God, you are my God! I earnestly search for you, my soul thirsts for you, and my flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Idumea. O God, my God, I cry to thee early; my soul has thirsted for thee: how often has my flesh [longed] after thee, in a barren and trackless and dry land!

2 So I have looked on you in the sanctuary, to see your power and your glory.

Thus have I appeared before thee in the sanctuary, that I might see thy power and thy glory.

3 Because your covenant faithfulness is better than life, my lips will praise you.

For thy mercy is better than life: my lips shall praise thee.

4 So I will bless you while I live; I will lift up my hands in your name.

Thus will I bless thee during my life: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

5 It will be as if I ate a meal of marrow and fatness; with joyful lips my mouth will praise you,

Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness; and [my] joyful lips shall praise thy name.

6 when I think about you on my bed and meditate on you in the night hours.

Forasmuch as I have remembered thee on my bed: in the early seasons I have meditated on thee.

7 For you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I rejoice.

For thou hast been my helper, and in the shelter of thy wings will I rejoice.

8 I cling to you; your right hand supports me.

My soul has kept very close behind thee: thy right hand has upheld me.

9 But those who seek to destroy my life will go down into the lowest parts of the earth;

But they vainly sought after my soul; they shall go into the lowest parts o the earth.

10 they will be given over to those whose hands use the sword, and they will become food for the jackals.

They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword; they shall be portions for foxes.

11 But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who swears by him will be proud of him, but the mouth of those who speak lies will be stopped up.

But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall be praised; for the mouth of them that speak unjust things has been stopped.