Psalmorum 63

1 Psalmus David, Cum esset in deserto Idumææ. Deus Deus meus ad te de luce vigilo. Sitivit in te anima mea, quam multipliciter tibi caro mea.

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 In terra deserta, et invia, et inaquosa: sic in sancto apparui tibi, ut viderem virtutem tuam, et gloriam tuam.

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

3 Quoniam melior est misericordia tua super vitas: labia mea laudabunt te.

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

4 Sic benedicam te in vita mea: et in nomine tuo levabo manus meas.

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

5 Sicut adipe et pinguedine repleatur anima mea: et labiis exultationis laudabit os meum.

My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

6 Si memor fui tui super stratum meum, in matutinis meditabor in te:

when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.

7 quia fuisti adiutor meus. Et in velamento alarum tuarum exultabo,

For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

8 adhæsit anima mea post te: me suscepit dextera tua.

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

9 Ipsi vero in vanum quæsierunt animam meam, introibunt in inferiora terræ:

But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

10 tradentur in manus gladii, partes vulpium erunt.

They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.

11 Rex vero lætabitur in Deo, laudabuntur omnes qui iurant in eo: quia obstructum est os loquentium iniqua.

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.