Psalm 63

Common Metre (8,6,8,6)

Suggested Tunes: 107 St Bernard, 78 Jackson, 153 Old 81st

1    Lord, thee my God, I’ll early seek:

            my soul doth thirst for thee;

      My flesh longs in a dry parch’d land,

            wherein no waters be:

2    That I thy power may behold,

            and brightness of thy face,

      As I have seen thee heretofore

            within thy holy place.

3    Since better is thy love than life,

            my lips thee praise shall give.

4    I in thy name will lift my hands,

            and bless thee while I live.

5    Ev’n as with marrow and with fat

            my soul shall filled be;

      Then shall my mouth with joyful lips

            sing praises unto thee:

6    When I do thee upon my bed

            remember with delight,

      And when on thee I meditate

            in watches of the night.

7    In shadow of thy wings I’ll joy,

            for thou mine help hast been.

8    My soul thee follows hard; and me

            thy right hand doth sustain.

9    Who seek my soul to spill shall sink

            down to earth’s lowest room.

10  They by the sword shall be cut off,

            and foxes’ prey become.

11  Yet shall the king in God rejoice,

            and each one glory shall

      That swear by him; but stopp’d shall be

            the mouth of liars all.