Psalm 63, side by side

¹God, 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.

¹O 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;

²So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.

²To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

³Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.

³Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

⁴So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.

⁴Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

⁵My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

⁵My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

⁶when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.

⁶When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

⁷For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

⁷Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

⁸My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

⁸My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

⁹But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

⁹But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

¹⁰They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.

¹⁰They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

¹¹But 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.

¹¹But 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.