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, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou [art] my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.
2 So, I want to see you in your temple; I want to see that you are great and glorious.
So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.
3 Your constantly loving [me] is (worth more/more precious) than [my] life, so I [MTY] will [always] praise you.
Because better [is] Thy kindness than life, My lips do 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 I bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands.
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.
As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And [with] singing lips doth my mouth praise.
6 While I lie on my bed, I think about you. I think/meditate about you all during the night,
If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches — I meditate on Thee.
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 a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing.
8 I cling to you; and with your hand/power you protect me.
Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.
9 But those who are trying to kill me will [die and] descend into the place of the dead;
And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to 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 cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.
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.
And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!
