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 Judean desert. God, you are my God, I eagerly look for you. I am thirsty for you; all that I am longs for you in this dry, weary, waterless land.

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

I see you in the Temple; I watch your power and glory.

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

Your trustworthy love is better than life itself; I will praise you.

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

I will thank you as long as I live; I lift up my hands as I celebrate your wonderful character.

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.

You satisfy me more than the richest food; I will praise you with joyful songs.

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

I think of you all night long as I lie on my bed meditating about you.

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 you are the one who helps me; I sing happily from under your wings.

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

I hold on to you; your strong arms lift me up.

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

Those who are trying to destroy me will go down into the grave.

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

They will be killed by the sword; they will become food for jackals.

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 will be happy for what God has done. All who follow God will praise him, but those who tell lies will be silenced.