Zabur 63

A Psalm by Dawud, when he was in the desert of Judah.

¹God, you are my God.

I will earnestly seek you.

My soul thirsts for you,

My flesh longs for you,

In a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

²So I have seen you in the sanctuary,

Watching your power and your glory.

³Because your loving kindness is better than life,

My lips shall praise you.

⁴So I will bless you while I live.

I will lift up my hands in your name.

⁵My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food.

My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

⁶When I remember you on my bed,

And think about you in the night watches.

⁷For you have been my help.

I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

⁸My soul stays close to you.

Your right hand holds me up.

⁹But those who seek my soul, to destroy it,

Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

¹⁰They shall be given over to the power of the sword.

They shall be jackal food.

¹¹But the king shall rejoice in God.

Everyone who swears by him will praise him,

For the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.