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, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou [art] my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.

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

So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.

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

Because better [is] Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.

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

So I bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands.

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

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

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

If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches — I meditate on Thee.

7 quia fuisti adiutor meus et in velamento alarum tuarum exultabo

For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing.

8 adhesit anima mea post te me suscepit dextera tua

Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.

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

And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to 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, A portion for foxes they are.

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

And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!