Zaburi 63
1 Zaburi ya Daudi. Wakati alipokuwa katika Jangwa la Yuda. Ee Mungu, wewe ni Mungu wangu, nakutafuta kwa moyo wote; nafsi yangu inakuonea kiu, mwili wangu unakuonea wewe shauku, katika nchi kame na iliyochoka mahali ambapo hapana maji.
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 Nimekuona katika mahali patakatifu na kuuona uwezo wako na utukufu wako.
So I have looked on you in the sanctuary, to see your power and your glory.
3 Kwa sababu upendo wako ni bora kuliko uhai, midomo yangu itakuadhimisha.
Because your covenant faithfulness is better than life, my lips will praise you.
4 Nitakusifu siku zote za maisha yangu, na kwa jina lako nitainua mikono yangu.
So I will bless you while I live; I will lift up my hands in your name.
5 Nafsi yangu itatoshelezwa kama kwa wingi wa vyakula; kwa midomo iimbayo kinywa changu kitakusifu wewe.
It will be as if I ate a meal of marrow and fatness; with joyful lips my mouth will praise you,
6 Kitandani mwangu ninakukumbuka wewe, ninawaza juu yako makesha yote ya usiku.
when I think about you on my bed and meditate on you in the night hours.
7 Kwa sababu wewe ndiwe msaada wangu, chini ya uvuli wa mbawa zako naimba.
For you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I rejoice.
8 Nafsi yangu inaambatana nawe, mkono wako wa kuume hunishika.
I cling to you; your right hand supports me.
9 Wale wanaotafuta uhai wangu wataharibiwa, watakwenda chini kwenye vilindi vya dunia.
But those who seek to destroy my life will go down into the lowest parts of the earth;
10 Watatolewa wafe kwa upanga, nao watakuwa chakula cha mbweha.
they will be given over to those whose hands use the sword, and they will become food for the jackals.
11 Bali mfalme atafurahi katika Mungu, wale wote waapao kwa jina la Mungu watamsifu, bali vinywa vya waongo vitanyamazishwa.
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.
