A Cry From The Wilderness

 

PSALM 63

A Psalm of David in
 the Wilderness of Judah

"O God, You are my God, earnestly I will seek You,
my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You,
in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

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 I will 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."