Psalmorum 63

1 Psalmus David, cum esset in deserto Idumææ. [Deus, Deus meus, ad te de luce vigilo. Sitivit in te anima mea; quam multipliciter tibi caro mea!

A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, my God, you, you do I seek: my heart thirsts for you, my body faints for you in a parched and waterless land.

2 In terra deserta, et invia, et inaquosa, sic in sancto apparui tibi, ut viderem virtutem tuam et gloriam tuam.

As I in the temple have seen you, beholding your power and your glory,

3 Quoniam melior est misericordia tua super vitas, labia mea laudabunt te.

for better than life is your kindness: my lips shall utter your praise.

4 Sic benedicam te in vita mea, et in nomine tuo levabo manus meas.

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

5 Sicut adipe et pinguedine repleatur anima mea, et labiis exsultationis laudabit os meum.

As with marrow and fat am I feasted; with joyful lips I will praise you.

6 Si memor fui tui super stratum meum, in matutinis meditabor in te.

I call you to mind on my bed, and muse on you in the night watches;

7 Quia fuisti adjutor meus, et in velamento alarum tuarum exsultabo.

for you have been my help, I joyfully sing in the shadow of your wings.

8 Adhæsit anima mea post te; me suscepit dextera tua.

I cling close after you, your right hand holds me up.

9 Ipsi vero in vanum quæsierunt animam meam: introibunt in inferiora terræ;

But those who seek after my life shall go down to the depths of the earth,

10 tradentur in manus gladii: partes vulpium erunt.

given o’er to the power of the sword, or as prey for jackals to devour.

11 Rex vero lætabitur in Deo; laudabuntur omnes qui jurant in eo: quia obstructum est os loquentium iniqua.]

But the king shall rejoice in God: all who own his allegiance will glory. For the mouth of the false shall be stopped.