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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 63 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/63.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/63-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Psalm 63</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/62.htm" title="Psalm 62">◄</a> Psalm 63 <a href="../psalms/64.htm" title="Psalm 64">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="d">(A psalm by David when he was in the desert of Judah.)</h3><h3 class="s1">God's Love Means More than Life</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.63.1" class="v19_63_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.63.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You are my God. I worship you.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_63_1">In my heart, I long for you,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_1">as I would long for a stream</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_63_1">in a scorching desert.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.63.2" class="v19_63_2">2</span>I have seen your power</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_2">and your glory</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_63_2">in the place of worship.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.63.3" class="v19_63_3">3</span>Your love means more</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_3">than life to me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_63_3">and I praise you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.63.4" class="v19_63_4">4</span>As long as I live,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_63_4">I will pray to you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.63.5" class="v19_63_5">5</span>I will sing joyful praises</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_5">and be filled with excitement</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_63_5">like a guest at a banquet.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.63.6" class="v19_63_6">6</span>I think about you, God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_63_6">before I go to sleep,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_6">and my thoughts turn to you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_63_6">during the night.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.63.7" class="v19_63_7">7</span>You have helped me,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_7">and I sing happy songs</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_63_7">in the shadow of your wings.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.63.8" class="v19_63_8">8</span>I stay close to you,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_8">and your powerful arm</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_63_8">supports me.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.63.9" class="v19_63_9">9</span>All who want to kill me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_63_9">will end up in the ground.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.63.10" class="v19_63_10">10</span>Swords will run them through,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_63_10">and wild dogs will eat them.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.63.11" class="v19_63_11">11</span>Because of you, our God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_63_11">the king will celebrate</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_63_11">with your faithful followers,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_63_11">but liars will be silent.</span></p> </div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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