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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] 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.

Psalm 63:1a Heb. weary
Psalm 63:1b Heb. without water
Psalm 63:5 Heb. fatness
Psalm 63:10 Heb. They shall make him run out like water by the hands of the sword

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 63 (BYZ)

[1] Ψαλμὸς () τῷ () Δαυιδ () ἐν () τῷ () εἶναι () αὐτὸν () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ () τῆς () Ιουδαίας. () Ὁ () θεὸς () ὁ () θεός () μου, () πρὸς () σὲ () ὀρθρίζω· () ἐδίψησέν () σοι () ἡ () ψυχή () μου. () Ποσαπλῶς σοι () ἡ () σάρξ () μου () ἐν () γῇ () ἐρήμῳ () καὶ () ἀβάτῳ καὶ () ἀνύδρῳ; ()
[2] Οὕτως () ἐν () τῷ () ἁγίῳ () ὤφθην () σοι () τοῦ () ἰδεῖν () τὴν () δύναμίν () σου () καὶ () τὴν () δόξαν () σου. ()
[3] Ὅτι () κρεῖσσον () τὸ () ἔλεός () σου () ὑπὲρ () ζωάς· () τὰ () χείλη () μου () ἐπαινέσουσίν () σε. ()
[4] Οὕτως () εὐλογήσω () σε () ἐν () τῇ () ζωῇ () μου, () ἐν () τῷ () ὀνόματί () σου () ἀρῶ () τὰς () χεῖράς () μου. ()
[5] Ὡσεὶ () στέατος καὶ () πιότητος () ἐμπλησθείη () ἡ () ψυχή () μου, () καὶ () χείλη () ἀγαλλιάσεως () αἰνέσει () τὸ () στόμα () μου. ()
[6] Εἰ () ἐμνημόνευόν () σου () ἐπὶ () τῆς () στρωμνῆς μου, () ἐν () τοῖς () ὄρθροις () ἐμελέτων () εἰς () σέ· ()
[7] ὅτι () ἐγενήθης () βοηθός () μου, () καὶ () ἐν () τῇ () σκέπῃ τῶν () πτερύγων () σου () ἀγαλλιάσομαι. ()
[8] Ἐκολλήθη () ἡ () ψυχή () μου () ὀπίσω () σου, () ἐμοῦ () ἀντελάβετο () ἡ () δεξιά () σου. ()
[9] Αὐτοὶ () δὲ () εἰς () μάτην () ἐζήτησαν () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου, () εἰσελεύσονται () εἰς () τὰ () κατώτατα () τῆς () γῆς· ()
[10] παραδοθήσονται () εἰς () χεῖρας () ῥομφαίας, () μερίδες () ἀλωπέκων () ἔσονται. ()
[11] Ὁ () δὲ () βασιλεὺς () εὐφρανθήσεται () ἐπὶ () τῷ () θεῷ, () ἐπαινεσθήσεται () πᾶς () ὁ () ὀμνύων () ἐν () αὐτῷ, () ὅτι () ἐνεφράγη στόμα () λαλούντων () ἄδικα. ()

Psalm 63:1 Originally verses 62:1–2.
Psalm 63:2 Originally verse 62:3.
Psalm 63:3 Originally verse 62:4.
Psalm 63:4 Originally verse 62:5.
Psalm 63:5 Originally verse 62:6.
Psalm 63:6 Originally verse 62:7.
Psalm 63:7 Originally verse 62:8.
Psalm 63:8 Originally verse 62:9.
Psalm 63:9 Originally verse 62:10.
Psalm 63:10 Originally verse 62:11.
Psalm 63:11 Originally verse 62:12.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.