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Zabbuli ya Dawudi, bwe yali mu ddungu lya Yuda.

63 (A)Ayi Katonda, oli Katonda wange,
    nkunoonya n’omutima gwange gwonna;
emmeeme yange ekwetaaga,
    omubiri gwange gwonna gukuyaayaanira,
nga nnina ennyonta ng’ali
    mu nsi enkalu omutali mazzi.

(B)Nkulabye ng’oli mu kifo kyo ekitukuvu,
    ne ndaba amaanyi go n’ekitiibwa kyo.
(C)Kubanga okwagala kwo okutaggwaawo kusinga obulamu;
    akamwa kange kanaakutenderezanga.
(D)Bwe ntyo nnaakutenderezanga obulamu bwange bwonna;
    nnaayimusanga emikono gyange mu linnya lyo.
(E)Emmeeme yange enekkutanga ebyassava n’obugagga;
    nnaayimbanga nga nkutendereza n’emimwa egy’essanyu.

(F)Nkujjukira nga ndi ku kitanda kyange,
    era nkufumiitirizaako mu ssaawa ez’ekiro.
(G)Olw’okuba ng’oli mubeezi wange,
    nnyimba nga ndi mu kisiikirize ky’ebiwaawaatiro byo.
(H)Emmeeme yange yeekwata ku ggwe;
    omukono gwo ogwa ddyo gumpanirira.

(I)Naye abo abannoonya okunzita balizikirizibwa,
    baliserengeta emagombe.
10 Balisaanawo n’ekitala;
    ne bafuuka emmere y’ebibe.

11 (J)Naye ye kabaka anaajagulizanga mu Katonda;
    bonna abalayira mu linnya lya Katonda banaatenderezanga Katonda,
    naye akamwa k’abalimba kalisirisibwa.

A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.

63 God, 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.
So I have seen you in the sanctuary,
    watching your power and your glory.
Because your loving kindness is better than life,
    my lips shall praise you.
So I will bless you while I live.
    I will lift up my hands in your name.
My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food.
    My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
    when I remember you on my bed,
    and think about you in the night watches.
For you have been my help.
    I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
My soul stays close to you.
    Your right hand holds me up.
But those who seek my soul to destroy it
    shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
10 They shall be given over to the power of the sword.
    They shall be jackal food.
11 But 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.

Psalm 63[a]

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,(A)
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water.(B)

I have seen you in the sanctuary(C)
    and beheld your power and your glory.(D)
Because your love is better than life,(E)
    my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,(F)
    and in your name I will lift up my hands.(G)
I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;(H)
    with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

On my bed I remember you;
    I think of you through the watches of the night.(I)
Because you are my help,(J)
    I sing in the shadow of your wings.(K)
I cling to you;(L)
    your right hand upholds me.(M)

Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;(N)
    they will go down to the depths of the earth.(O)
10 They will be given over to the sword(P)
    and become food for jackals.(Q)

11 But the king will rejoice in God;
    all who swear by God will glory in him,(R)
    while the mouths of liars will be silenced.(S)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 63:1 In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.

63 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 thirsty land, where no water is;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 But 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.