Psalms 63; Psalms 64; Psalms 65

1 (62-1) <A psalm of David while he was in the desert of Edom.> (62-2) O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my soul hath thirsted; for thee my flesh, O how many ways!

2 (62-3) In a desert land, and where there is no way, and no water: so in the sanctuary have I come before thee, to see thy power and thy glory.

3 (62-4) For thy mercy is better than lives: thee my lips will praise.

4 (62-5) Thus will I bless thee all my life long: and in thy name I will lift up my hands.

5 (62-6) Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.

6 (62-7) If I have remembered thee upon my bed, I will meditate on thee in the morning:

7 (62-8) Because thou hast been my helper. And I will rejoice under the covert of thy wings:

8 (62-9) My soul hath stuck close to thee: thy right hand hath received me.

9 (62-10) But they have fought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

10 (62-11) They shall be delivered into the hands of the sword, they shall be the portions of foxes.

11 (62-12) But the king shall rejoice in God, all they shall be praised that swear by him: because the mouth is stopped of them that speak wicked things.

1 (63-1) <Unto the end, a psalm for David.> (63-2) Hear O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.

2 (63-3) Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

3 (63-4) For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,

4 (63-5) To shoot in secret the undefiled.

5 (63-6) They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

6 (63-7) They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:

7 (63-8) And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:

8 (63-9) And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;

9 (63-10) And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God, and understood his doings.

10 (63-11) The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.

1 (64-1) <To the end, a psalm of David. The canticle of Jeremias and Ezechiel to the people of the captivity, when they began to go out.> (64-2) A hymn, O God, becometh thee in Sion: and a vow shall be paid to thee in Jerusalem.

2 (64-3) O hear my prayer: all flesh shall come to thee.

3 (64-4) The words of the wicked have prevailed over us: and thou wilt pardon our transgressions.

4 (64-5) Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken to thee: he shall dwell in thy courts. We shall be filled with the good things of thy house; holy is thy temple,

5 (64-6) Wonderful in justice. Hear us, O God our saviour, who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and in the sea afar off.

6 (64-7) Thou who preparest the mountains by thy strength, being girded with power:

7 (64-8) Who troublest the depth of the sea, the noise of its waves. The Gentiles shall be troubled,

8 (64-9) And they that dwell in the uttermost borders shall be afraid at thy signs: thou shalt make the outgoings of the morning and of the evening to be joyful.

9 (64-10) Thou hast visited the earth, and hast plentifully watered it; thou hast many ways enriched it. The river of God is filled with water, thou hast prepared their food: for so is its preparation.

10 (64-11) Fill up plentifully the streams thereof, multiply its fruits; it shall spring up and rejoice in its showers.

11 (64-12) Thou shalt bless the crown of the year of thy goodness: and thy fields shall be filled with plenty.

12 (64-13) The beautiful places of the wilderness shall grow fat: and the hills shall be girded about with joy,

13 (64-14) The rams of the flock are clothed, and the vales shall abound with corn: they shall shout, yea they shall sing a hymn.