Psalms 63

1Unto the end, a psalm for David.

1O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.

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;

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

2So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory.

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

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

3Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.

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

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

4So 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.

5To shoot in secret the undefiled.

5My soul shall be 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;

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?

6When I remember thee upon my bed, And 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.

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

7For thou hast been my help, And in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

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

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

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

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

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

9But 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.

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

10They shall be given over to the power of the sword: They shall be a portion for foxes.

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

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

11But the king shall rejoice in God: 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.