भजन संहिता 63
1 हे परमेश्वर, तू मेरा ईश्वर है, मैं तुझे यत्न से ढूंढूंगा; सूखी और निर्जल ऊसर भूमि पर, मेरा मन तेरा प्यासा है, मेरा शरीर तेरा अति अभिलाषी है।
2 इस प्रकार से मैं ने पवित्रास्थान में तुझ पर दृष्टि की, कि तेरी सामर्थ्य और महिमा को देखूं।
3 क्योंकि तेरी करूणा जीवन से भी उत्तम है मैं तेरी प्रशंसा करूंगा।
4 इसी प्रकार मैं जीवन भर तुझे धन्य कहता रहूंगा; और तेरा नाम लेकर अपने हाथ उठाऊंगा॥
5 मेरा जीव मानो चर्बी और चिकने भोजन से तृप्त होगा, और मैं जयजयकार करके तेरी स्तुति करूंगा।
6 जब मैं बिछौने पर पड़ा तेरा स्मरण करूंगा, तब रात के एक एक पहर में तुझ पर ध्यान करूंगा;
7 क्योंकि तू मेरा सहायक बना है, इसलिये मैं तेरे पंखों की छाया में जयजयकार करूंगा।
8 मेरा मन तेरे पीछे पीछे लगा चलता है; और मुझे तो तू अपने दाहिने हाथ से थाम रखता है॥
9 परन्तु जो मेरे प्राण के खोजी हैं, वे पृथ्वी के नीचे स्थानों में जा पड़ेंगे;
10 वे तलवार से मारे जाएंगे, और गीदड़ों का आहार हो जाएंगे।
11 परन्तु राजा परमेश्वर के कारण आनन्दित होगा; जो कोई ईश्वर की शपथ खाए, वह बड़ाई करने पाएगा; परन्तु झूठ बोलने वालों का मुंह बन्द किया जाएगा॥
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 in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
3 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 for 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.
1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.