Psalms 63
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Unto the end, a psalm for David.
1(63-1) A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. (63-2) 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.
2Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.
2(63-3) So have I looked for Thee in the sanctuary, to see Thy power and Thy glory.
3Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.
3(63-4) For Thy lovingkindness is better than life; my lips shall praise Thee.
4For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,
4(63-5) So will I bless Thee as long as I live; in Thy name will I lift up my hands.
5To shoot in secret the undefiled.
5(63-6) My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth doth praise Thee with joyful lips;
6They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?
6(63-7) When I remember Thee upon my couch, and meditate on Thee in the night-watches.
7They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:
7(63-8) For Thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of Thy wings do I rejoice.
8And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:
8(63-9) My soul cleaveth unto Thee; Thy right hand holdeth me fast.
9And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;
9(63-10) But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the nethermost parts of the earth.
10And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God: and understood his doings.
10(63-11) They shall be hurled to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion for foxes.
11The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.
11(63-12) 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.
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