Psalms 63

1 God, you are the God whom I [worship]. I greatly desire to be with you like [SIL] a person in a dry hot desert greatly desires [some cool water].

A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:

2 So, I want to see you in your temple; I want to see that you are great and glorious.

To see thy power and thy glory, as I have beheld thee in the sanctuary;

3 Your constantly loving [me] is (worth more/more precious) than [my] life, so I [MTY] will [always] praise you.

For thy loving-kindness is better than life: my lips shall praise thee.

4 I will praise you all the time that I live; I will lift up my hands to you while I pray.

So will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name.

5 [Knowing you satisfies me more than] [IDM, MET] my eating a very big feast, [so] I will praise you while I sing [MTY] joyful songs.

My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise [thee] with joyful lips.

6 While I lie on my bed, I think about you. I think/meditate about you all during the night,

When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches:

7 because you have always helped me, and I sing joyfully knowing that I am protected by you [as a little bird is protected] under [its mother’s] wings [MET].

For thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings will I sing for joy.

8 I cling to you; and with your hand/power you protect me.

My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

9 But those who are trying to kill me will [die and] descend into the place of the dead;

But those that seek my soul, to destroy [it], shall go into the lower parts of the earth;

10 they will be killed in battles [MTY] and their [corpses] will be eaten by jackals/wild dogs.

They shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be the portion of foxes.

11 But I, the king [of Israel], will rejoice in what God has done; and all those who revere and trust God will praise him, but he will not allow liars to say anything.

But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.