Psalm 63
Praise God Who Satisfies
A psalm of David. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.(A)
1 God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you.
I thirst for you;
my body faints for you
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.(B)
2 So I gaze on you in the sanctuary
to see your strength and your glory.(C)
3 My lips will glorify you
because your faithful love is better than life.(D)
4 So I will bless you as long as I live;
at your name, I will lift up my hands.(E)
5 You satisfy me as with rich food;(F)
my mouth will praise you with joyful lips.(G)
6 When I think of you as I lie on my bed,
I meditate on you during the night watches(H)
7 because you are my helper;(I)
I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.(J)
8 I follow close to you;
your right hand holds on to me.(K)
9 But those who intend to destroy my life
will go into the depths of the earth.(L)
10 They will be given over to the power of the sword;(M)
they will become a meal for jackals.
11 But the king will rejoice in God;(N)
all who swear by him will boast,
for the mouths of liars will be shut.(O)
Footnotes
- 63:5
Cross references
- 63:0 : 2Sm 16:14; 17:2,29
- 63:1 : Ps 42:2; Is 26:9
- 63:2 : Jb 19:26–27; Ps 17:15; 27:4
- 63:3 : Ps 69:16
- 63:4 : Ps 28:2; 143:6; Lm 3:41
- 63:5 : Ps 36:8
- 63:5 : Ps 71:23
- 63:6 : Ps 77:6; 119:148
- 63:7 : Ps 27:9; 40:17
- 63:7 : Ps 17:8; 36:7; 57:1
- 63:8 : Ps 18:35
- 63:9 : Ps 55:15; Ezk 26:20; 31:14–18
- 63:10 : Jr 18:21; Ezk 35:5
- 63:11 : Ps 21:1
- 63:11 : Ps 107:42; Rm 3:19
