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, IN HIS BEING IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH. O God, You [are] my God, earnestly I seek You, My soul has thirsted for You, My flesh has longed for You, In a dry and weary land, without waters.

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

So I have seen You in the sanctuary, To behold Your strength and Your glory.

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

Because better [is] Your kindness than life, My lips praise You.

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

So I bless You in my life, I lift up my hands in Your Name.

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

As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And [with] singing lips my mouth praises.

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

If I have remembered You on my bed, I meditate on You in the watches.

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

For You have been a help to me, And I sing in the shadow of Your wings.

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

My soul has cleaved after You, Your right hand has taken hold on me.

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

And they who seek my soul for desolation, Go into the lower parts of the earth.

10 tradentur in manus gladii: partes vulpium erunt.

They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, They are a portion for foxes.

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

And the king rejoices in God, Everyone swearing by Him boasts, But the mouth of those speaking lies is stopped!