Psalms 63

1 A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

psalmus David cum esset in deserto Iudaeae Deus Deus meus ad te de luce vigilo sitivit in te anima mea quam multipliciter tibi caro mea

2 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.

in terra deserta et invia et inaquosa sic in sancto apparui tibi ut viderem virtutem tuam et gloriam tuam

3 Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.

quoniam melior est misericordia tua super vitas labia mea laudabunt te

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

sic benedicam te in vita mea in nomine tuo levabo manus meas

5 My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

sicut adipe et pinguidine repleatur anima mea et labia exultationis laudabit os meum

6 when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.

si memor fui tui super stratum meum in matutinis meditabar in te

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

quia fuisti adiutor meus et in velamento alarum tuarum exultabo

8 My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

adhesit anima mea post te me suscepit dextera tua

9 But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

ipsi vero in vanum quaesierunt animam meam introibunt in inferiora terrae

10 They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.

tradentur in manus gladii partes vulpium erunt

11 But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.

rex vero laetabitur in Deo laudabitur omnis qui iurat in eo quia obstructum est os loquentium iniqua