Psalm 63^[a]

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

¹ You, God, are my God,earnestly I seek you;I thirst for you,my whole being longs for you,in a dry and parched landwhere there is no water.

² I have seen you in the sanctuaryand beheld your power and your glory.³ Because your love is better than life,my lips will glorify you.⁴ I will praise you as long as I live,and in your name I will lift up my hands.⁵ I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

⁶ On my bed I remember you;I think of you through the watches of the night.⁷ Because you are my help,I sing in the shadow of your wings.⁸ I cling to you;your right hand upholds me.

⁹ Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;they will go down to the depths of the earth.¹⁰ They will be given over to the swordand become food for jackals.

¹¹ But the king will rejoice in God;all who swear by God will glory in him,while the mouths of liars will be silenced.