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:

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.

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;

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

2So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.

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

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

3Because better <FI>is<Fi> Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.

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

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

4So I bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands.

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

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

5As <FI>with<Fi> milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And <FI>with<Fi> singing lips doth my mouth praise.

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

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

6If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches--I meditate on Thee.

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

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

7For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing.

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

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

8Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.

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

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

9And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to 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.

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

10They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.

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

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.

11And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!

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.