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 you early; my soul has thirsted for you: how often has my flesh [longed] after you, 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 you in the sanctuary, that I might see your power and your glory.

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

For your mercy is better than life: my lips shall praise you.

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

Thus will I bless you during my life: I will lift up my hands in your 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 your name.

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

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

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

For you have been my helper, and in the shelter of your wings will I rejoice.

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

My soul has kept very close behind you: your 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.