---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: Psalms from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 63
verse_count: 11
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Psalms, chap. 63, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# Psalms 63

*David's desire for God. A Psalm of David, when he was in. the wilderness of Judah.*

**1** Ogod, thou art my God; early will I seek thee; my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
**2** To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
**3** Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
**4** Thus will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name.
**5** My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;
**6** When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
**7** Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
**8** My soul followeth hard after thee; thy right hand upholdeth me.
**9** But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
**10** They shall fall by the sword; they shall be a portion for foxes.
**11** 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.