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Psalmus 62 (63)
Language: Latin 
Our translations:  FRE
1  [Psalmus David, cum esset in deserto Idumææ.]
2  Deus, Deus meus, ad te de luce vigilo.
   Sitivit in te anima mea; quam multipliciter tibi caro mea!
3  In terra deserta, et invia, et inaquosa,
   sic in sancto apparui tibi, 
   ut viderem virtutem tuam et gloriam tuam.
4  Quoniam melior est misericordia tua super vitas,
   labia mea laudabunt te.
5  Sic benedicam te in vita mea,
   et in nomine tuo levabo manus meas.
6  Sicut adipe et pinguedine repleatur anima mea,
   et labiis exsultationis laudabit os meum.
7  Si memor fui tui super stratum meum,
   in matutinis meditabor in te.
8  Quia fuisti adjutor meus,
   et in velamento alarum tuarum exsultabo.
9  Adhæsit anima mea post te;
   me suscepit dextera tua.
10 Ipsi vero in vanum quæsierunt animam meam:
   introibunt in inferiora terræ;
11 tradentur in manus gladii:
   partes vulpium erunt.
12 Rex vero lætabitur in Deo;
   laudabuntur omnes qui jurant in eo:
   quia obstructum est os loquentium iniqua.

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Psaume 62 (63)", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-24
Line count: 25
Word count: 159

A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah
 (Sung text for setting by R. Clarke)
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Language: English  after the Latin 
1  A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
2  O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: 
   my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee 
3  in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
   To see thy power and thy glory, 
   so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
4  Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, 
   my lips shall praise thee.
5  Thus will I bless thee while I live: 
   I will lift up my hands in thy name.
6  My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; 
   and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
7  When I remember thee upon my bed, 
   and meditate on thee in the night watches.
8  Because thou hast been my help, 
   therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
9  My soul followeth hard after thee: 
   thy right hand upholdeth me.
10 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, 
   shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
11 They shall fall by the sword: 
   they shall be a portion of foxes.
12 But the king shall rejoice in God; 
   every one that sweareth by him shall glory: 
   but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Composition:

    Set to music by Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979), "A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah" [ voice and piano ]

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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-24
Line count: 25
Word count: 219