1 A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.

2 \63:1\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;

3 \63:2\To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place.

4 \63:3\Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise.

5 \63:4\So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name.

6 \63:5\My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;

7 \63:6\When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time.

8 \63:7\Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the shade of your wings.

9 \63:8\My soul keeps ever near you: your right hand is my support.

10 \63:9\But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.

11 \63:10\They will be cut off by the sword; they will be food for foxes.

12 \63:11\But 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.

1 O 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.

2 So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary,

To see thy power and thy glory.

3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life,

My lips shall praise thee.

4 So will I bless thee while I live:

I will lift up my hands in thy name.

5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness;

And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;

6 When I remember thee upon my bed,

And meditate on thee in the night-watches.

7 For thou hast been my help,

And in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

8 My soul followeth hard after thee:

Thy right hand upholdeth me.

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

Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

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

They shall be a portion for foxes.

11 But 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.