Psalm 62–63

Psalm 62

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

¹I find my rest in God alone.

He is the One who saves me.

²He alone is my rock. He is the One who saves me.

He is like a fort to me. I will always be secure.

³How long will you enemies attack me?

Will all of you throw me down?

I’m like a leaning wall.

I’m like a fence that is about to fall.

⁴You only want to pull me down

from my place of honor.

You take delight in telling lies.

You bless me with what you say.

But in your hearts you call down curses on me. Selah

⁵I will find my rest in God alone.

He is the One who gives me hope.

⁶He alone is my rock. He is the One who saves me.

He is like a fort to me. I will always be secure.

⁷I depend on God to save me and to honor me.

He is my mighty rock. He is my place of safety.

⁸Trust in him at all times, you people.

Tell him all of your troubles.

God is our place of safety. Selah

⁹Ordinary people are only a breath.

Important people are not what they seem to be.

If they were weighed on a scale, they wouldn’t amount to anything.

Together they are only a breath.

¹⁰Don’t trust in money you have taken from others.

Don’t be proud of things you have stolen.

Even if your riches grow,

don’t put your trust in them.

¹¹God, I have heard you say two things.

One is that you, God, are strong.

¹²The other is that you, Lord, are loving.

I’m sure you will reward each person

in keeping with what he has done.

Psalm 63

A psalm of David when he was in the Desert of Judah.

¹God, you are my God.

I greatly long for you.

With all my heart I thirst for you

in this dry desert

where there isn’t any water.

²I have seen you in the sacred tent.

There I have seen your power and your glory.

³Your love is better than life.

I will bring glory to you with my lips.

⁴I will praise you as long as I live.

I will lift up my hands when I pray to you.

⁵I will be as satisfied as if I had eaten the best food there is.

I will sing praise to you with my mouth.

⁶As I lie on my bed I remember you.

I think of you all night long.

⁷Because you have helped me,

I sing in the shadow of your wings.

⁸I hold on to you.

Your powerful right hand takes good care of me.

⁹Those who are trying to kill me will be destroyed.

They will go down into the grave.

¹⁰They will be killed with swords.

They will become food for wild dogs.

¹¹But the king will be filled with joy because of what God has done.

All those who take an oath in God’s name will praise him.

But the mouths of liars will be shut.