Psalm 63-64 New American Standard Bible
The Thirsting Soul Satisfied in God.
A Psalm of David, [a]when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
63 God, (A)You are my God; I shall be watching for You;
My soul (B)thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a (C)dry and exhausted land where there is no water.
2 So have I (D)seen You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and glory.
3 Because Your [b](E)favor is better than life,
My lips will praise You.
4 So I will bless You (F)as long as I live;
I will (G)lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul is (H)satisfied as with fat and fatness,
And my mouth offers (I)praises with joyful lips.
6 When I remember You (J)on my bed,
I meditate on You in the (K)night watches,
7 For (L)You have been my help,
And in the (M)shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.
8 My soul (N)clings [c]to You;
Your (O)right hand takes hold of me.
9 But those who (P)seek my [d]life to destroy it,
Will go into the [e](Q)depths of the earth.
10 [f]They will be [g](R)turned over to the power of the sword;
They will be a [h](S)prey for foxes.
11 But the (T)king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who (U)swears by Him will boast,
For the (V)mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.
Prayer for Rescue from Secret Enemies.
For the music director. A Psalm of David.
64 Hear my voice, God, in (W)my [i]complaint;
(X)Protect my life from dread of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the (Y)secret discussion of evildoers,
From the restlessness of (Z)the workers of injustice,
3 Who (AA)have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They (AB)aimed bitter speech as their arrows,
4 To (AC)shoot [j]from concealment at the innocent;
Suddenly they shoot at him, and (AD)do not fear.
5 They make firm for themselves an evil [k]purpose;
They [l]talk of (AE)setting snares secretly;
They say, “(AF)Who can see them?”
6 They [m]devise injustices, saying,
“We are [n]ready with a well-conceived plot”;
For the [o](AG)inward thought and the heart of a person are [p]deep.
7 But (AH)God [q]will shoot an arrow at them;
Suddenly [r]they will be wounded.
8 So [s]they [t]will (AI)make him stumble;
(AJ)Their own tongue is against them;
All who see them will (AK)shake their heads.
9 Then all people [u]will (AL)fear,
And they [v]will (AM)declare the work of God,
And [w]will consider [x]what He has done.
10 The righteous person will be (AN)glad in the Lord and (AO)take refuge in Him;
And all the upright in heart will boast.
Footnotes
- Psalm 63 Title 1 Sam 22:5; 23:14
- Psalm 63:3 Or faithfulness
- Psalm 63:8 Lit after
- Psalm 63:9 Lit soul
- Psalm 63:9 Lit lowest places
- Psalm 63:10 Lit They will pour him out
- Psalm 63:10 Lit poured out by
- Psalm 63:10 Lit portion
- Psalm 64:1 Or concern
- Psalm 64:4 Lit in
- Psalm 64:5 Lit matter
- Psalm 64:5 Lit tell of
- Psalm 64:6 Or search out
- Psalm 64:6 Lit complete
- Psalm 64:6 Or inward part
- Psalm 64:6 Or unsearchable
- Psalm 64:7 Or shot
- Psalm 64:7 Or they were wounded; lit their wounds occurred
- Psalm 64:8 Or they make their tongue a stumbling for themselves
- Psalm 64:8 Or made
- Psalm 64:9 Or feared
- Psalm 64:9 Or declared
- Psalm 64:9 Or considered
- Psalm 64:9 Lit His work
Cross references
- Psalm 63:1 : Ps 118:28
- Psalm 63:1 : Ps 42:2; 84:2; Matt 5:6
- Psalm 63:1 : Ps 143:6
- Psalm 63:2 : Ps 27:4
- Psalm 63:3 : Ps 69:16
- Psalm 63:4 : Ps 104:33; 146:2
- Psalm 63:4 : Ps 28:2; 143:6
- Psalm 63:5 : Ps 36:8
- Psalm 63:5 : Ps 71:23
- Psalm 63:6 : Ps 4:4
- Psalm 63:6 : Ps 16:7; 42:8; 119:55
- Psalm 63:7 : Ps 27:9
- Psalm 63:7 : Ps 17:8
- Psalm 63:8 : Num 32:12; Deut 1:36; Hos 6:3
- Psalm 63:8 : Ps 18:35; 41:12
- Psalm 63:9 : Ps 40:14
- Psalm 63:9 : Ps 55:15
- Psalm 63:10 : Jer 18:21; Ezek 35:5
- Psalm 63:10 : Lam 5:18
- Psalm 63:11 : Ps 21:1
- Psalm 63:11 : Deut 6:13; Is 45:23; 65:16
- Psalm 63:11 : Job 5:16; Ps 107:42; Rom 3:19
- Psalm 64:1 : Ps 55:2
- Psalm 64:1 : Ps 140:1
- Psalm 64:2 : Ps 56:6
- Psalm 64:2 : Ps 59:2
- Psalm 64:3 : Ps 140:3
- Psalm 64:3 : Ps 58:7
- Psalm 64:4 : Ps 10:8; 11:2
- Psalm 64:4 : Ps 55:19
- Psalm 64:5 : Ps 140:5
- Psalm 64:5 : Job 22:13; Ps 10:11
- Psalm 64:6 : Ps 49:11
- Psalm 64:7 : Ps 7:12, 13
- Psalm 64:8 : Ps 9:3
- Psalm 64:8 : Prov 12:13; 18:7
- Psalm 64:8 : Ps 22:7; 44:14; Jer 18:16; 48:27; Lam 2:15
- Psalm 64:9 : Ps 40:3
- Psalm 64:9 : Jer 51:10
- Psalm 64:10 : Job 22:19; Ps 32:11
- Psalm 64:10 : Ps 11:1; 25:20
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