Psalms 63
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
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.
1Unto the end, a psalm for David.
2(63-3) So have I looked for Thee in the sanctuary, to see Thy power and Thy glory.
2Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.
3(63-4) For Thy lovingkindness is better than life; my lips shall praise Thee.
3Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.
4(63-5) So will I bless Thee as long as I live; in Thy name will I lift up my hands.
4For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,
5(63-6) My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth doth praise Thee with joyful lips;
5To shoot in secret the undefiled.
6(63-7) When I remember Thee upon my couch, and meditate on Thee in the night-watches.
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?
7(63-8) For Thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of Thy wings do I rejoice.
7They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:
8(63-9) My soul cleaveth unto Thee; Thy right hand holdeth me fast.
8And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:
9(63-10) But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the nethermost parts of the earth.
9And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;
10(63-11) They shall be hurled to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion for foxes.
10And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God: and understood his doings.
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.
11The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.
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