Psalms 63 YLT
Summary: Headed "when he was in the wilderness of Judah," Psalm 63 gives voice to intense spiritual thirst using the desert setting itself as metaphor, "my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water" (v. 1). It moves from that longing to satisfied intimacy, recalling worship "in the sanctuary" and comparing God's steadfast love to a feast "as with fat and rich food" (v. 2, 5). It closes contrasting the psalmist's confidence, clinging to God whose right hand upholds him, with the fate of those who seek his life and will be given "to the sword" (v. 8-10).
1A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. 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.
2So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.
3Because better is Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.
4So I bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands.
5As with milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And with singing lips doth my mouth praise.
6If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches--I meditate on Thee.
7For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing.
8Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.
9And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.
10They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.
11And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!
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