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 by David, when he was in the desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

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

So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.

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

Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.

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

So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your 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 shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you 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 you on my bed, and think about you 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 you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

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

My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

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

But those who 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 jackal food.

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. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.