Psalm 63

A Psalm of David, *when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

1  O God, thou art my God; aearly will I seek thee:

bMy soul thirsteth for thee,

bMy flesh longeth for thee

In a cdry and †thirsty land, †where no water is;

2  To see ccthy power and thy glory,

So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

3  Because dthy lovingkindness is ebetter than life,

My lips shall praise thee.

4  Thus will I bless thee fwhile I live:

I gwill lift up my hands in thy name.

5  hMy soul shall be satisfied as with †marrow and fatness;

And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

6  When iI remember thee upon my bed,

And meditate on thee in jthe night watches.

7  Because thou hast been kmy help,

Therefore lin the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

8  My soul followeth hard after thee:

Thy right hand mupholdeth me.

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

Shall go into othe lower parts of the earth.

10  †They shall fall by the sword:

They shall be a portion for foxes.

11  But pthe king shall rejoice in God;

Every one that qsweareth by him shall glory:

But rthe mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Psalm 64

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1  Hear my voice, O God, in my aprayer:

Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

2  Hide me from bthe secret counsel of the wicked;

From bthe insurrection of bbthe workers of iniquity:

3  cWho whet their tongue like a sword,

And dbend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

4  eThat they may shoot fin secret at the perfect:

Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fffear not.

5  gThey encourage themselves in an evil ||matter:

They commune †of laying snares privily;

hThey say, Who shall see them?

6  They search out iniquities;

||They accomplish †a diligent search:

Both ithe inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

7  But God dshall shoot at them with an arrow;

Suddenly †shall they be wounded.

8  So they shall make ktheir own tongue to fall upon themselves:

lAll that msee them shall mmflee away.

9  And all men shall mfear,

And shall ndeclare the work of God;

For they shall owisely consider of his doing.

10  pThe righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and qshall trust in him;

pAnd all rthe upright in heart shall glory.

Psalm 65

To the chief Musician, *A Psalm and Song of David.

1  Praise †waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion:

And unto thee shall athe vow be performed.

2  O thou that aahearest prayer,

Unto thee bshall all flesh come.

3  c†Iniquities prevail against me:

As for our transgressions, thou shalt dpurge them away.

4  eBlessed is the man whom thou choosest,

And causest to approach unto thee, that fhe may dwell in thy courts:

We shall be gsatisfied with the goodness of thy house,

Even of thy holy temple.

5  By ggterrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation;

Who art the confidence of all hthe ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

6  Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains;

Being igirded with power:

7  Which jstilleth kthe noise of the seas,

kThe noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

8  They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens:

Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening ||to rejoice.

9  Thou visitest the earth, ||and lwaterest it:

Thou greatly enrichest it

With mthe river of God, which is full of water:

Thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.

10  Thou lwaterest the ridges thereof abundantly: ||thou settlest the furrows thereof:

†Thou makest it soft with nshowers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

11  Thou crownest †the year with thy goodness;

And thy paths odrop fatness.

12  They odrop upon pthe pastures of the wilderness:

And the pplittle hills †qrejoice on every side.

13  qqThe pastures are clothed with flocks;

The valleys also are covered over with corn;

They rshout for joy, they also sing.