Psalm 63
Comfort and Assurance in God’s Presence
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
1 O God, you are my God; I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.(A)
2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding your power and glory.(B)
3 Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.(C)
4 So I will bless you as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands and call on your name.(D)
5 My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,
and my mouth praises you with joyful lips(E)
6 when I think of you on my bed
and meditate on you in the watches of the night,(F)
7 for you have been my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.(G)
8 My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.(H)
9 But those who seek to destroy my life
shall go down into the depths of the earth;(I)
10 they shall be given over to the power of the sword;
they shall be prey for jackals.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God;
all who swear by him shall exult,
for the mouths of liars will be stopped.(J)
Footnotes
- 63.5
Cross references
- 63.1 : Ps 42.2; 84.2
- 63.2 : Ps 27.4
- 63.3 : Ps 69.16
- 63.4 : Ps 28.2; 104.33
- 63.5 : Ps 36.8; 71.23
- 63.6 : Ps 42.8
- 63.7 : Ps 27.9
- 63.8 : Ps 18.35
- 63.9 : Ps 40.14; 55.15
- 63.11 : Deut 6.13; Ps 21.1; Isa 45.23
