Psalms 63

1 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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