§ The Book of Psalms 62

1 A psalm of David while he was in the desert of Edom.

1 Psalmus David, cum esset in deserto Idumææ.

2 O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my soul hath thirsted; for thee my flesh, O how many ways!

2 Deus, Deus meus, ad te de luce vigilo. Sitivit in te anima mea; quam multipliciter tibi caro mea!

3 In a desert land, and where there is no way, and no water: so in the sanctuary have I come before thee, to see thy power and thy glory.

3 In terra deserta, et invia, et inaquosa, sic in sancto apparui tibi, ut viderem virtutem tuam et gloriam tuam.

4 For thy mercy is better than lives: thee my lips shall praise.

4 Quoniam melior est misericordia tua super vitas, labia mea laudabunt te.

5 Thus will I bless thee all my life long: and in thy name I will lift up my hands.

5 Sic benedicam te in vita mea, et in nomine tuo levabo manus meas.

6 Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.

6 Sicut adipe et pinguedine repleatur anima mea, et labiis exsultationis laudabit os meum.

7 If I have remembered thee upon my bed, I will meditate on thee in the morning:

7 Si memor fui tui super stratum meum, in matutinis meditabor in te.

8 because thou hast been my helper. And I will rejoice under the covert of thy wings:

8 Quia fuisti adjutor meus, et in velamento alarum tuarum exsultabo.

9 my soul hath stuck close to thee: thy right hand hath received me.

9 Adhæsit anima mea post te; me suscepit dextera tua.

10 But they have sought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

10 Ipsi vero in vanum quæsierunt animam meam: introibunt in inferiora terræ;

11 They shall be delivered into the hands of the sword, they shall be the portions of foxes.

11 tradentur in manus gladii: partes vulpium erunt.