Psalm 63
A psalm of David when he was in the Desert of Judah.
1God, you are my God.
I seek you with all my heart.
With all my strength I thirst for you
in this dry desert
where there isn’t any water.
2I have seen you in the sacred tent.
There I have seen your power and your glory.
3Your love is better than life.
So I will bring glory to you with my lips.
4I will praise you as long as I live.
I will call on your name when I lift up my hands in prayer.
5I will be as satisfied as if I had eaten the best food there is.
I will sing praise to you with my mouth.
6As I lie on my bed I remember you.
I think of you all night long.
7Because you have helped me,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.
8I hold on to you tightly.
Your powerful right hand takes good care of me.
9Those who want to kill me will be destroyed.
They will go down into the grave.
10They will be killed by swords.
They will become food for wild dogs.
11But the king will be filled with joy because of what God has done.
All those who make promises in God’s name will be able to brag.
But the mouths of liars will be shut.
Zabbuli 63
Zabbuli ya Dawudi, bwe yali mu ddungu lya Yuda.
163:1 Zab 42:2; 84:2Ayi Katonda, oli Katonda wange,
nkunoonya n’omutima gwange gwonna;
emmeeme yange ekwetaaga,
omubiri gwange gwonna gukuyaayaanira,
nga nnina ennyonta ng’ali
mu nsi enkalu omutali mazzi.
263:2 Zab 27:4Nkulabye ng’oli mu kifo kyo ekitukuvu,
ne ndaba amaanyi go n’ekitiibwa kyo.
363:3 Zab 69:16Kubanga okwagala kwo okutaggwaawo kusinga obulamu;
akamwa kange kanaakutenderezanga.
463:4 a Zab 104:33 b Zab 28:2Bwe ntyo nnaakutenderezanga obulamu bwange bwonna;
nnaayimusanga emikono gyange mu linnya lyo.
563:5 Zab 36:8Emmeeme yange enekkutanga ebyassava n’obugagga;
nnaayimbanga nga nkutendereza n’emimwa egy’essanyu.
663:6 Zab 42:8Nkujjukira nga ndi ku kitanda kyange,
era nkufumiitirizaako mu ssaawa ez’ekiro.
763:7 Zab 27:9Olw’okuba ng’oli mubeezi wange,
nnyimba nga ndi mu kisiikirize ky’ebiwaawaatiro byo.
863:8 Zab 18:35Emmeeme yange yeekwata ku ggwe;
omukono gwo ogwa ddyo gumpanirira.
963:9 a Zab 40:14 b Zab 55:15Naye abo abannoonya okunzita balizikirizibwa,
baliserengeta emagombe.
10Balisaanawo n’ekitala;
ne bafuuka emmere y’ebibe.
1163:11 Ma 6:13; Zab 21:1; Is 45:23Naye ye kabaka anaajagulizanga mu Katonda;
bonna abalayira mu linnya lya Katonda banaatenderezanga Katonda,
naye akamwa k’abalimba kalisirisibwa.
