Psalms 63

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.

1O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

1Unto the end, a psalm for David.

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.

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

2To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

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

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

5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;

5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

5To shoot in secret the undefiled.

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

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

6When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

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

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

9And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.

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

10They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

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

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

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 shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

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

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