Psalm 63

Easy-to-Read Version

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.
²Yes, I have seen you in your Temple.^[a]
    I have seen your strength and glory.
³Your faithful love is better than life,
    so my lips praise you.
⁴By my life, I will praise you.
    In your name, I lift my hands in prayer.
⁵When I sit down to satisfy my hunger,
    my joyful lips hunger to praise you!
⁶I remember you while lying on my bed.
    I think about you in the middle of the night.
⁷That is because you are the one who helps me.
    It makes me happy to be under your protection!
⁸I stay close to you,
    and you hold me with your powerful arm.

⁹Those who are trying to kill me will be destroyed.
    They will go down to their graves.
¹⁰They will be killed with swords.
    Wild dogs will eat their dead bodies.
¹¹But the king will be happy with his God,
    and those who promised to obey him will praise him when he defeats those liars.