1 A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou [art] my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters. 2 So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour. 3 Because better [is] Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee. 4 So I bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands. 5 As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And [with] singing lips doth my mouth praise. 6 If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches — I meditate on Thee. 7 For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing. 8 Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold. 9 And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth. 10 They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are. 11 And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!
Psalms · Young's Literal Translation
Psalm 63 Young's Literal Translation
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (11)
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- 1 Psalm 143:6; Psalm 84:2; Psalm 42:1–2; Matthew 6:33; Psalm 91:2
- 2 Psalm 27:4; Psalm 105:4; Psalm 84:2–11; Psalm 96:6; 2 Corinthians 4:4–6
- 3 Philippians 1:23; Psalm 51:15; Psalm 69:16; Hebrews 13:15; Psalm 30:5
- 4 Psalm 104:33; Psalm 134:2; Psalm 28:2; 1 Kings 8:22–66; Psalm 145:1–3
- 5 Psalm 36:7–9; Isaiah 25:6; Psalm 17:15; Psalm 43:4; Ezra 3:11–13
- 6 Psalm 42:8; Psalm 119:147–148; Psalm 149:5; Psalm 119:55; Psalm 139:17–18
- 7 2 Corinthians 1:10; Psalm 61:4; Psalm 27:9; Psalm 54:3–4; Psalm 17:8
- 8 Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 73:23; Psalm 18:35; Song of Songs 2:6; Psalm 37:24
- 9 Psalm 55:15; Psalm 9:17; Psalm 40:14; 1 Samuel 25:29; Isaiah 14:19
- 10 Jeremiah 18:21; Ezekiel 39:4; Ezekiel 35:5; 1 Samuel 26:10; Ezekiel 39:17–20
- 11 Deuteronomy 6:13; Psalm 21:1; Isaiah 45:23; Isaiah 65:16; Romans 3:19
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The title of it is, "Unto the end, in behalf of Idithun, a Psalm to David himself." I recollect that already to you hath been explained what Idithun is....Let us see how far he hath leaped over, and whom he hath "leaped over," and in what place, though he hath leaped over certain men, he is situate, whence as from …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
39. But "because Thy loving-kindness is better than life," behold, my life is but a distraction, and Thy right hand upheld me in my Lord, the Son of man, the Mediator between Thee, The One, and us the many,--in many distractions amid many things,--that through Him I may apprehend in whom I have been apprehended, and may be recollected from …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
But "because Thy loving-kindness is better than life," behold, my life is but a distraction, and Thy right hand upheld me in my Lord, the Son of man, the Mediator between Thee, The One, and us the many,--in many distractions amid many things,--that through Him I may apprehend in whom I have been apprehended, and may be recollected from my …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Therefore unto Thee is my soul as "land where no water is," because as it cannot of itself enlighten itself, so it cannot of itself satisfy itself.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)