On The Wilderness Road

Wilderness of Judea

Psalm 63

A Psalm of David

when he was in the Wilderness of Judah

O God, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You;

my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint

for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is.

So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary to see

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 whole being shall be satisfied as with marrow and

fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.

When I remember You upon my bed and meditate on

You in the night watches.

For You have been my help, and in the shadow of

Your wings will I rejoice.

My whole being follows hard after You and clings closely

to You; Your right hand upholds me.

But those who seek and demand my life to ruin and destroy it shall

themselves be destroyed and go into the lower parts of the earth

into the underworld of the dead.

They shall be given over to the power of the sword;

they shall be a prey for foxes and jackals.

But the king shall rejoice in God;

everyone who swears by Him, that is, who

binds himself by God's authority, acknowledging His

supremacy, and devoting himself to His glory and service alone;

every such one shall glory, for the mouths of those who

speak lies shall be stopped.

Adullam caves where David hid from Saul