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World English Bible

Psalm 63 (WEBP)

[1] God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
[2] So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.
[3] Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
[4] So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.
[5] My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
[6] when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.
[7] For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
[8] My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
[9] But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
[10] They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.
[11] But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 63 (KJVS)

[1] «A Psalm of David , when he was in the wilderness of Judah .» O 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;
[2] To see () thy power and thy glory , so [as] I have seen () thee in the sanctuary .
[3] Because thy lovingkindness [is] better than life , my lips shall praise () thee.
[4] Thus will I bless () thee while I live : I will lift up () my hands in thy name .
[5] My soul shall be satisfied () as [with] marrow and fatness ; and my mouth shall praise () [thee] with joyful lips :
[6] When I remember () thee upon my bed , [and] meditate () on thee in the [night] watches .
[7] Because thou hast been my help , therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice ().
[8] My soul followeth hard () after thee: thy right hand upholdeth () me.
[9] But those [that] seek () my soul , to destroy [it], shall go () into the lower parts of the earth .
[10] They shall fall () by the sword : they shall be a portion for foxes .
[11] But 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 ().

Young’s Literal Translation

Psalm 63 (YLT)

[1] O God, Thou art my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.
[2] So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.
[3] Because better is Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.
[4] So I bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands.
[5] As with milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And with singing lips doth my mouth praise.
[6] If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches-I meditate on Thee.
[7] For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing.
[8] Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.
[9] And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.
[10] They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.
[11] And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!