Psalms 63

1 OGod, thou art myGod; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:

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;

1Unto the end, a psalm for David.

2 To see thy power and thy glory, as I have beheld thee in the sanctuary;

2To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place.

2Hear O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.

3 For thy loving-kindness is better than life: my lips shall praise thee.

3Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise.

3Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

4 So will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name.

4So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name.

4For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,

5 My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise [thee] with joyful lips.

5My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;

5To shoot in secret the undefiled.

6 When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches:

6When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time.

6They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

7 For thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings will I sing for joy.

7Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the shade of your wings.

7They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:

8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

8My soul keeps ever near you: your right hand is my support.

8And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:

9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy [it], shall go into the lower parts of the earth;

9But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.

9And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;

10 They shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be the portion of foxes.

10They will be cut off by the sword; they will be food for foxes.

10And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God, and understood his doings.

11 But the king shall rejoice inGod; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

11But the king will have joy in God; everyone who takes an oath by him will have cause for pride; but the false mouth will be stopped.

11The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.