Psalm 63 | New International Version

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

1 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.

3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.

4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.

5 I will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

6 On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.

7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

8 I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.

9 Those who want to kill me will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.

10 They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.

11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God will glory in him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.

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Ton amour vaut mieux que la vie

1 Psaume de David, lorsqu’il était dans le désert de Juda*.

2 O Dieu, tu es mon Dieu! ╵C’est toi que je recherche. Mon âme a soif de toi, mon corps même ne cesse ╵de languir après toi comme une terre aride, ╵desséchée et sans eau.

3 C’est pourquoi, dans ton sanctuaire, ╵je te contemple, considérant ta puissance et ta gloire.

4 Car ton amour ╵vaut bien mieux que la vie, aussi mes lèvres chantent ╵sans cesse tes louanges.

5 Oui, je veux te bénir ╵tout au long de ma vie, je lèverai les mains* ╵pour m’adresser à toi.

6 Mon cœur sera comblé ╵comme, en un bon festin, ╵le corps se rassasie ╵de mets gras succulents, et je crierai de joie ╵en disant tes louanges.

7 Lorsque je suis couché, ╵mes pensées vont vers toi, je médite sur toi ╵tout au long de la nuit.

8 Oui, tu m’accordes ton secours, je suis dans l’allégresse ╵à l’ombre de tes ailes*!

9 Je demeure attaché ╵fidèlement à toi; de ta main agissante, ╵tu me soutiens.

10 Qu’ils aillent à leur perte, ╵ceux qui veulent ma mort, et qu’ils descendent* ╵aux tréfonds de l’abîme.

11 Qu’ils soient livrés ╵au tranchant de l’épée, que leurs corps soient donnés ╵en pâture aux chacals*.

12 Mais le roi trouvera en Dieu ╵la source de sa joie. Ceux qui, dans leurs serments, ╵prennent Dieu à témoin ╵s’en féliciteront, tandis que les menteurs ╵auront la bouche close.

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