12AND [BELONGS] TO <THE> YOU O LORD COVENANT LOYALTY FOR YOU YOU REPAY TO A PERSON ACCORDING TO WORK HIS 12and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.*NoteCloseCited in Romans 2:6
0A PSALM OF DAVID WHEN WAS HE IN [THE] WILDERNESS OF JUDAH Thirsting for God (2 Samuel 15:30–37) 0A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
1O GOD [ARE] GOD MY YOU I AM SEEKING EARNESTLY YOU IT IS THIRSTY FOR YOU SELF MY IT LONGS FOR YOU FLESH MY IN A LAND DRY AND WEARY NOT WATER 1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
2THUS IN THE SANCTUARY I HAVE SEEN YOU TO SEE STRENGTH YOUR AND GLORY YOUR 2So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
3FOR [IS] GOOD COVENANT LOYALTY YOUR MORE THAN LIFE LIPS MY THEY WILL EXTOL YOU 3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
4THUS I WILL BLESS YOU IN LIFE MY IN NAME YOUR I WILL LIFT UP HANDS MY 4So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
5LIKE FAT AND FATNESS IT WILL BE SATISFIED SELF MY AND LIPS OF CRIES OF JOY IT WILL PRAISE [YOU] MOUTH MY 5My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
6IF I HAVE REMEMBERED YOU ON BEDS MY IN [THE] NIGHT-WATCHES I MEDITATE ON YOU 6When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
7FOR YOU ARE <TO> A HELP OF ME AND IN [THE] SHADOW OF WINGS YOUR I SHOUT FOR JOY 7For You are my help I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.
8IT CLINGS SELF MY AFTER YOU <IN> <THE> ME IT SUPPORTS RIGHT [HAND] YOUR 8My soul clings to You Your right hand upholds me.
9AND THEY TO DESTRUCTION THEY ARE SEEKING LIFE MY THEY WILL GO IN [THE] LOWER PARTS OF THE EARTH 9But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.
10PEOPLE WILL POUR HIM OVER [THE] HANDS OF [THE] SWORD [THE] PORTION OF FOXES THEY WILL BE 10They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
11AND THE KING HE WILL REJOICE IN GOD HE WILL BOAST EVERY <THE> [ONE WHO] SWEARS AN OATH BY HIM FOR IT WILL BE SHUT UP [THE] MOUTH OF [THOSE WHO] SPEAK <OF> FALSEHOOD 11But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.