Psalm 63 | New International Reader’s Version

A psalm of David when he was in the Desert of Judah.

1 God, you are my God. I seek you with all my heart. With all my strength I thirst for you in this dry desert where there isn’t any water.

2 I have seen you in the sacred tent. There I have seen your power and your glory.

3 Your love is better than life. So I will bring glory to you with my lips.

4 I will praise you as long as I live. I will call on your name when I lift up my hands in prayer.

5 I will be as satisfied as if I had eaten the best food there is. I will sing praise to you with my mouth.

6 As I lie on my bed I remember you. I think of you all night long.

7 Because you have helped me, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

8 I hold on to you tightly. Your powerful right hand takes good care of me.

9 Those who want to kill me will be destroyed. They will go down into the grave.

10 They will be killed by swords. They will become food for wild dogs.

11 But the king will be filled with joy because of what God has done. All those who make promises in God’s name will be able to boast. But the mouths of liars will be shut.

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English Standard Version

My Soul Thirsts for You

1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; earnestly 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.

2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.

3 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.

4 So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

5 My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,

6 when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night;

7 for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

8 My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

9 But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth;

10 they shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion 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.

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