Psalms 63-65

Psalm 63

¹A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 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 weary land, where no water is.

²So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, to see thy power and thy glory.

³For thy lovingkindness is better than life; my lips shall praise thee.

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

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

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

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

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

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 a portion for foxes.

¹¹But the king shall rejoice in God: every one that sweareth by him shall glory; for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Psalm 64

¹For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

²Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity:

³Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words:

⁴That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

⁵They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

⁶They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search: and the inward thought of every one, and the heart, is deep.

⁷But God shall shoot at them; with an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.

⁸So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: all that see them shall wag the head.

⁹And all men shall fear; and they shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely consider of his doing.

¹⁰The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

Psalm 65

¹For the Chief Musician. A Psalm. A Song of David. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

²O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

³Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

⁴Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, the holy place of thy temple.

⁵By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation; thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

⁶Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded about with might:

⁷Which stilleth the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.

⁸They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

⁹Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, thou greatly enrichest it; the river of God is full of water: thou providest them corn, when thou hast so prepared the earth.

¹⁰Thou waterest her furrows abundantly; thou settlest the ridges thereof: thou makest it soft with showers; thou blessest the springing thereof.

¹¹Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

¹²They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the hills are girded with joy.

¹³The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.