63:1 O GOD, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs {and} is faint for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is. |
63:2 So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary to see Your power and Your glory. |
63:3 Because Your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. |
63:4 So will I bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. |
63:5 My whole being shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips |
63:6 When I remember You upon my bed and meditate on You in the night watches. |
63:7 For You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your wings will I rejoice. |
63:8 My whole being follows hard after You {and} clings closely to You; Your right hand upholds me. |
63:9 But those who seek {and} demand my life to ruin {and} destroy it shall [themselves be destroyed and] go into the lower parts of the earth [into the underworld of the dead]. |
63:10 They shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be a prey for foxes {and} jackals. |
63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God; everyone who swears by Him [that is, who binds himself by God's authority, acknowledging His supremacy, and devoting himself to His glory and service alone; every such one] shall glory, for the mouths of those who speak lies shall be stopped. |