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Psalms 63
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
1 O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
1A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou <FI>art<Fi> 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.
2To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place.
2So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.
3Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise.
3Because better <FI>is<Fi> Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.
4So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name.
4So I bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands.
5My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;
5As <FI>with<Fi> milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And <FI>with<Fi> singing lips doth my mouth praise.
6When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time.
6If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches--I meditate on Thee.
7Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the shade of your wings.
7For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing.
8My soul keeps ever near you: your right hand is my support.
8Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.
9But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.
9And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.