Liber Psalmorum, 63

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0. A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.

1. PSALMUS. David, cum in deserto Iudae commoraretur.

1. O God, thou art my God, I seek thee, my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh faints for thee, as in a dry and weary land where no water is.

2. Deus, Deus meus es tu, ad te de luce vigilo. Sitivit in te anima mea, te desideravit caro mea. In terra deserta et arida et inaquosa,

2. So I have looked upon thee in the sanctuary, beholding thy power and glory.

3. sic in sancto apparui tibi, ut viderem virtutem tuam et gloriam tuam.

3. Because thy steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise thee.

4. Quoniam melior est misericordia tua super vitas, labia mea laudabunt te.

4. So I will bless thee as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on thy name.

5. Sic benedicam te in vita mea et in nomine tuo levabo manus meas.

5. My soul is feasted as with marrow and fat, and my mouth praises thee with joyful lips,

6. Sicut adipe et pinguedine repleatur anima mea, et labiis exsultationis laudabit os meum.

6. when I think of thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the watches of the night;

7. Cum memor ero tui super stratum meum, in matutinis meditabor de te,

7. for thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings I sing for joy.

8. quia fuisti adiutor meus, et in velamento alarum tuarum exsultabo.

8. My soul clings to thee; thy right hand upholds me.

9. Adhaesit anima mea post te, me suscepit dextera tua.

9. But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth;

10. Ipsi vero in ruinam quaesierunt animam meam, introibunt in inferiora terrae,

10. they shall be given over to the power of the sword, they shall be prey for jackals.

11. tradentur in potestatem gladii, partes vulpium erunt.

11. But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall glory; for the mouths of liars will be stopped.

12. Rex vero laetabitur in Deo; gloriabuntur omnes, qui iurant in eo, quia obstructum est os loquentium iniqua.

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