Psalmorum 63

1 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

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.

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

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

3 quoniam melior est misericordia tua super vitas labia mea laudabunt te

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7 quia fuisti adiutor meus et in velamento alarum tuarum exultabo

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

8 adhesit anima mea post te me suscepit dextera tua

I cling to you; your right hand supports me.

9 ipsi vero in vanum quaesierunt animam meam introibunt in inferiora terrae

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

10 tradentur in manus gladii partes vulpium erunt

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

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

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.