Psalms 63 - 65 — Legacy Standard Bible

My Soul Thirsts for You

A Psalm of David. ¹When he was in the wilderness of Judah.

O God, ^aYou are my God; I shall seek You ²earnestly;My soul ^bthirsts for You, my flesh ³yearns for You,In a ^cdry and weary land without water.²Thus I have ^abeheld You in the sanctuary,To see Your power and Your glory.³Because Your ^alovingkindness is better than life,My lips will laud You.⁴Thus I will bless You ^aas long as I live;I will ^blift up my hands in Your name.⁵My soul is ^asatisfied as with fatness and richness,And my mouth offers ^bpraises with lips of joyful songs.⁶When I remember You ^aon my bed,I meditate on You in the ^bnight watches,⁷For ^aYou have been my help,And in the ^bshadow of Your wings I sing for joy.⁸My soul ^aclings ¹to You;Your ^bright hand upholds me.⁹But those who ^aseek my ¹life to destroy it,Will go into the ²^,^bdepths of the earth.¹⁰¹They will be ^adelivered over to the power of the sword;They will be a ^bportion for foxes.¹¹But the ^aking will be glad in God;Everyone who ^bswears by Him will boast,For the ^cmouths of those who speak lies will be closed.

The Righteous Will Be Glad in Yahweh

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

Hear my voice, O God, in ^amy ¹complaint;^bGuard my life from dread of the enemy.²Hide me from the ^asecret counsel of evildoers,From the tumult of the ^bworkers of iniquity,³Who ^ahave sharpened their tongue like a sword.They ^baimed bitter speech as their arrow,⁴To ^ashoot ¹from places of hiding at the blameless;Suddenly they shoot at him, and ^bdo not fear.⁵They ¹hold fast to themselves an evil purpose;They ²talk of ^alaying snares secretly;They say, “^bWho can see them?”⁶They searched out unrighteousness, saying,“We have completed a diligent search”;For the ¹^,^ainward thought of a man and his heart are ²deep.⁷But ^aGod ¹will shoot them with an arrow;Suddenly they will be wounded.⁸So ¹they will ^acause their own tongue ^bto turn against them;All who see them will ^cshake their head.⁹Then all men ¹will ^afear,And they ²will ^bdeclare the work of God,And ³will consider ⁴what He has done.¹⁰The righteous man will be ^aglad in Yahweh and will ^btake refuge in Him;And all the upright in heart will boast.

Blessed Is the One Whom You Choose

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.

To You, there will be silence and praise in Zion, O God,And to You the ^avow will be paid.²O You who hear prayer,To You ^aall flesh comes.³^aWords of iniquity prevail against me;As for our transgressions, You ^batone for them.⁴How ^ablessed is the one whom You ^bchoose and bring near to YouThat he would dwell in Your courts.We will be ^csatisfied with the goodness of Your house,Your holy temple.⁵By ¹^,^afearsome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O ^bGod of our salvation,You who are the trust of all the ^cends of the earth and of the farthest ²^,^dsea;⁶Who ^aestablishes the mountains by His strength,Being ^bgirded with might;⁷Who ^astills the rumbling of the seas,The rumbling of their waves,And the ^btumult of the peoples.⁸They who inhabit the ^aends of the earth are in fear on account of Your signs;You make ¹the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.⁹You visit the earth and ^acause it to overflow;You greatly ^benrich it;The ¹^,^cstream of God is full of water;You establish their ^dgrain, for thus You establish ²the earth.¹⁰You water its furrows abundantly,You smooth its ridges,You soften it ^awith showers,You bless its growth.¹¹You crown the year ¹with Your ^agoodness,And Your ²paths ^bdrip with richness.¹²^aThe pastures of the wilderness drip,And the ^bhills gird themselves with rejoicing.¹³The meadows are ^aclothed with flocksAnd the valleys are ^bcovered with grain;They ^cmake a loud shout, indeed, they sing.