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Psalm 63

1 Dauid, after he had bene in great danger by Saúl in the deſert of Ziph, made this pſalme, 3 Wherein he giueth thankes to God for his wonderful deliuerance, in whoſe mercies he truſted, euen in the middes of his miſeries, 9 Prophecying the deſtruction of Gods enemies: 11 And contrariwiſe happines to al them that truſt in the Lord.
¶ A Pſalme of Dauid. When he was in the a wildernes of Iudáh.
1.O God, thou art my God, early wil I ſeke thee: my ſoule thirſteth for thee: my fleſh longeth greatly after thee in a baren and drye land without water.
2.Thus I beholde thee as in the Sanctuarie, when I beholde thy power & thy glorie.
3.For thy louing kindenes is better then life: therefore my lippes ſhal praiſe thee.
4.Thus wil I magnifie thee all my life, and lift vp mine hands in thy Name.
5.My ſoule ſhal be ſatiſſied, as with marow and fatnes, and my mouth ſhal praiſe thee with ioyful lippes,
6.When I remember thee on my bed, & when I thinke vpon thee in the night watches.
7.Becauſe thou haſt bene mine helper, therefore vnder the ſhadow of thy wings wil I reioyce.
8.My ſoule cleaueth vnto thee: for thy right hand vpholdeth me.
9.Therefore they that ſeke my ſoule to deſtroy it, they ſhal go into the loweſt partes of the earth.
10.They ſhal caſt him downe with the edge of the ſworde, & thei ſhal be a portiõ for foxes.
11.But the King ſhal reioyce in God, and all that ſweare by him ſhal reioyce in him: for the mouth of them that ſpeake lies, ſhal be ſtopped.

Notes

1:h.
Thogh he was bothe hũgrie & in great diſtres, yet he made God his ſufficiencie & aboue all meate & drinke.
2:i.
In this miſerie I exerciſe my ſelf in the contemplatiõ of thy power & glorie, as if I were in thy Sactuarie.
5:k.
The remembrãce of thy fauour is more ſwete vnto me then all the pleaſures and dẽties of the worlde.
8:l.
He aſſureth him ſelfe by the Spirit of God to hane ye gift of conſtãcie.
10:m.
He pphecieth of the deſtructiõ of Saúl, & thẽ that take his parte, whoſe bodies ſhal not be buried, but be de uoured with wilde beaſtes.