Psalm 63

Setting

O God, you are my God alone;

Free Church of Scotland psalter · L.M.

The words

O God, you are my God alone; I seek your face with eagerness. My soul and body thirst for you In this dry, weary wilderness.

I’ve seen you in your holy place; Your power and glory held my gaze. Far better is your love than life, And so my lips will sing your praise.

I’ll bless you, Lord, throughout my life And raise my hands to you in prayer. My joyful lips will sing your praise; My soul is fed with richest fare.

Upon my bed I lie awake And in my thoughts remember you; I meditate throughout the night And keep your constant love in view.

Because you are my help alone, In shadow of your wings I’ll sing. You hold me up with your right hand; To you, O God, my soul will cling.

All those who seek my life will die; Down to the depths they will descend. They will become the jackal’s food; The deadly sword will bring their end.

The king will then rejoice in God, With all who swear by God’s great name. The mouths of liars will be closed, And they will all be put to shame.

Source & provenance

Free Church of Scotland psalter · psalter

An unedited transcription of the Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003) edition.

Full provenance & rights
Base edition
Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003)
Editor
Psalmody Committee of the Free Church of Scotland
Editing
unedited transcription

Rights

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rights-verified (display held); FCS terms recorded 2026-10-08 — verbatim text in a notated setting with independent tune MIDI is within terms (text free, FCS attribution displayed); copy/print/offline not granted; no audio derivatives
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Tunes it can be sung to

2 tunes

  • Crasselius

    curated well-matched

    LM

  • Wareham

    curated well-matched

    LM

How is this list ordered?

Curated pairings come first — a tune a curator recorded against this text, with the fitness they recorded. A tune that merely shares the meter is listed as a tune in the same meter and never as a pairing.

Nothing here is ranked by popularity or use. The page reports what a curator recorded, not a verdict of its own.

O God, you are my God alone; — Psalm 63 — metricalpsalms.org