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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 H4210 of David H1732, when he was in the wilderness H4057 of Judah H3063.» O God H430, thou [art] my God H410; early will I seek H7836 (8762) thee: my soul H5315 thirsteth H6770 (8804) for thee, my flesh H1320 longeth H3642 (8804) for thee in a dry H6723 and thirsty H5889 land H776, where no H1097 water H4325 is;
[2] To see H7200 (8800) thy power H5797 and thy glory H3519, so [as] I have seen H2372 (8804) thee in the sanctuary H6944.
[3] Because thy lovingkindness H2617 [is] better H2896 than life H2416, my lips H8193 shall praise H7623 (8762) thee.
[4] Thus will I bless H1288 (8762) thee while I live H2416: I will lift up H5375 (8799) my hands H3709 in thy name H8034.
[5] My soul H5315 shall be satisfied H7646 (8799) as [with] marrow H2459 and fatness H1880; and my mouth H6310 shall praise H1984 (8762) [thee] with joyful H7445 lips H8193:
[6] When I remember H2142 (8804) thee upon my bed H3326, [and] meditate H1897 (8799) on thee in the [night] watches H821.
[7] Because thou hast been my help H5833, therefore in the shadow H6738 of thy wings H3671 will I rejoice H7442 (8762).
[8] My soul H5315 followeth hard H1692 (8804) after H310 thee: thy right hand H3225 upholdeth H8551 (8804) me.
[9] But those [that] seek H1245 (8762) my soul H5315, to destroy H7722 [it], shall go H935 (8799) into the lower parts H8482 of the earth H776.
[10] They shall fall H5064 (8686) by the sword H3027 H2719: they shall be a portion H4521 for foxes H7776.
[11] But the king H4428 shall rejoice H8055 (8799) in God H430; every one that sweareth H7650 (8737) by him shall glory H1984 (8691): but the mouth H6310 of them that speak H1696 (8802) lies H8267 shall be stopped H5534 (8735).
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!