Psalm 63

God Satisfies the Thirsting Soul

¹O God, thou art my God;

early will I seek thee:

my soul thirsteth for thee,

my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land,

where no water is;

²to see thy power and thy glory,

so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

³Because thy loving-kindness is better than life,

my lips shall praise thee.

⁴Thus will I bless thee while I live:

I will lift up my hands in thy name.

⁵My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness;

and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

⁶when I remember thee upon my bed,

and meditate on thee in the night watches.

⁷Because thou hast been my help,

therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

⁸My soul followeth hard after thee:

thy right hand upholdeth me.

⁹But those that seek my soul, to destroy it ,

shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

¹⁰They shall fall by the sword:

they shall be a portion for foxes.

¹¹But the king shall rejoice in God;

every one that sweareth by him shall glory:

but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.