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To the director: With stringed instruments. A song of David.

61 God, hear my cry for help.
    Listen to my prayer.
From a faraway land I call to you for help.
    I feel so weak and helpless!
Carry me to a high rock
    where no one can reach me.
You are my place of safety,
    a strong tower that protects me from my enemies.
I want to live in your tent[a] forever.
    I want to hide where you can protect me. Selah

God, you heard what I promised to give you,
    but everything your worshipers have comes from you.
Give the king a long life.
    Let him live forever!
Let him rule in your presence forever.
    Protect him with your faithful love.
Then I will praise your name forever.
    Every day I will do what I promised.

To the director, Jeduthun.[b] A song of David.

62 I must calm down and turn to God;
    only he can rescue me.
He is my Rock, the only one who can save me.
    He is my high place of safety, where no army can defeat me.

How long will you people attack me?
    Do you all want to kill me?
I am like a leaning wall,
    like a fence ready to fall.
You want only to destroy me,
    to bring me down from my important position.
It makes you happy to tell lies about me.
    In public, you say nice things,
    but in private, you curse me. Selah

I must calm down and turn to God;
    he is my only hope.
He is my Rock, the only one who can save me.
    He is my high place of safety, where no army can defeat me.
My victory and honor come from God.
    He is the mighty Rock, where I am safe.
People, always put your trust in God!
    Tell him all your problems.
    God is our place of safety. Selah

People cannot really help.
    You cannot depend on them.
Compared to God, they are nothing—
    no more than a gentle puff of air!
10 Don’t trust in your power to take things by force.
    Don’t think you will gain anything by stealing.
And if you become wealthy,
    don’t put your trust in riches.
11 God says there is one thing you can really depend on, and I believe it:
    “Strength comes from God!”

12 My Lord, your love is real.
    You reward all people for what they do.

A song of David written when he was in the desert of Judah.

63 God, you are my God.
    I am searching so hard to find you.
Body and soul, I thirst for you
    in this dry and weary land without water.
Yes, I have seen you in your Temple.[c]
    I have seen your strength and glory.
Your faithful love is better than life,
    so my lips praise you.
By my life, I will praise you.
    In your name, I lift my hands in prayer.
When I sit down to satisfy my hunger,
    my joyful lips hunger to praise you!
I remember you while lying on my bed.
    I think about you in the middle of the night.
That is because you are the one who helps me.
    It makes me happy to be under your protection!
I stay close to you,
    and you hold me with your powerful arm.

Those who are trying to kill me will be destroyed.
    They will go down to their graves.
10 They will be killed with swords.
    Wild dogs will eat their dead bodies.
11 But the king will be happy with his God,
    and those who promised to obey him will praise him when he defeats those liars.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 61:4 tent The place where God lives among his people. Here, it is the Temple in Jerusalem. See “Holy Tent” and “Temple” in the Word List.
  2. Psalm 62:1 Psalm 62 Jeduthun Or “and to Jeduthun,” one of the three main temple musicians. See 1 Chron. 9:16; 16:38-42.
  3. Psalm 63:2 your Temple Or “your holiness.”

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