Psalm 63
Praise God Who Satisfies
A Davidic psalm. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.(A)
1 God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You.
I thirst for You;
my body faints for You
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.(B)
2 So I gaze on You in the sanctuary
to see Your strength and Your glory.(C)
3 My lips will glorify You
because Your faithful love is better than life.(D)
4 So I will praise You as long as I live;
at Your name, I will lift up my hands.(E)
5 You satisfy me as with rich food;[a](F)
my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.(G)
6 When I think of You as I lie on my bed,
I meditate on You during the night watches(H)
7 because You are my helper;(I)
I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.(J)
8 I follow close to You;
Your right hand holds on to me.(K)
9 But those who seek to destroy my life
will go into the depths of the earth.(L)
10 They will be given over to the power of the sword;(M)
they will become the jackals’ prey.
11 But the king will rejoice in God;(N)
all who swear by Him[b] will boast,
for the mouths of liars will be shut.(O)
Footnotes
- Psalm 63:5 Lit with fat and fatness
- Psalm 63:11 Or him
Cross references
- 63:title : 2Sm 16:14; 17:2, 29
- 63:1 : Ps 42:2; Is 26:9
- 63:2 : Jb 19:26-27; Ps 17:15; 27:4
- 63:3 : Ps 69:16
- 63:4 : Ps 28:2; 143:6; Lm 3:41
- 63:5 : Ps 36:8
- 63:5 : Ps 71:23
- 63:6 : Ps 77:6; 119:148
- 63:7 : Ps 27:9; 40:17
- 63:7 : Ps 17:8; 36:7; 57:1
- 63:8 : Ps 18:35
- 63:9 : Ps 55:15; Ezk 26:20; 31:14-18
- 63:10 : Jr 18:21; Ezk 35:5
- 63:11 : Ps 21:1
- 63:11 : Ps 107:42; Rm 3:19