Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

A Davidic psalm. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You.
I thirst for You;
my body faints for You
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.

New American Standard Bible

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

King James Version

{A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} 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;

International Standard Version

God, you are my God! I will fervently seek you. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you in a dry, weary, and parched land.

A Conservative Version

O God, thou are my God. I will earnestly seek thee. My soul thirsts for thee, my flesh longs for thee, in a dry and weary land, where is no water.

American Standard Version

O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.

Amplified

O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You;
My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Bible in Basic English

O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

Darby Translation

{A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:

Julia Smith Translation

Chanting to David in his being in the desert of Judah. O God thou art my God; I will seek thee: my soul thirsted for thee, my flesh longed for thee in a land of dryness, and thirsty without water.

King James 2000

[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Lexham Expanded Bible

O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.

Modern King James verseion

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; I will seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You, as in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

{A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee, in a barren and dry land where no water is.

NET Bible

A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

New Heart English Bible

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

The Emphasized Bible

O God, my GOD, thou art, Earnestly do I desire thee, - My soul thirsteth for thee, My flesh fainteth for thee, In a land - dry, and weary for want of water, -

Webster

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 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;

World English Bible

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

Youngs Literal Translation

A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou art my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 63:1

References

Images Psalm 63:1

Prayers for Psalm 63:1

Context Readings

Praise God Who Satisfies

1 A Davidic psalm. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You.
I thirst for You;
my body faints for You
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.
2 So I gaze on You in the sanctuary
to see Your strength and Your glory.

Cross References

Psalm 84:2

I long and yearn
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

Psalm 143:6

I spread out my hands to You;
I am like parched land before You.Selah

Exodus 15:2

The Lord is my strength and my song;
He has become my salvation.
This is my God, and I will praise Him,
my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

Psalm 42:1-2

BOOK II
(Psalms 42–72)
For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As a deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for You, God.

Psalm 118:28

You are my God, and I will give You thanks.
You are my God; I will exalt You.

Job 8:5

But if you earnestly seek God
and ask the Almighty for mercy,

Psalm 5:3

At daybreak, Lord, You hear my voice;
at daybreak I plead my case to You and watch expectantly.

Psalm 31:14

But I trust in You, Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”

Psalm 42:11

Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.

Psalm 78:34

When He killed some of them,
the rest began to seek Him;
they repented and searched for God.

Psalm 91:2

I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”

Psalm 102:3-5

For my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones burn like a furnace.

Psalm 119:81

כ KafI long for Your salvation;
I put my hope in Your word.

Psalm 143:10

Teach me to do Your will,
for You are my God.
May Your gracious Spirit
lead me on level ground.

Proverbs 1:27-28

when terror strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me,
and those who search for me find me.

Song of Songs 3:1-3

In my bed at night
I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but did not find him.

Isaiah 32:2

Each will be like a shelter from the wind,
a refuge from the rain,
like streams of water in a dry land
and the shade of a massive rock in an arid land.

Jeremiah 31:33

“Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days”—the Lord’s declaration. “I will put My teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Hosea 5:15

I will depart and return to My place
until they recognize their guilt and seek My face;
they will search for Me in their distress.

Exodus 17:3

But the people thirsted there for water, and grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you ever bring us out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”

1 Samuel 22:5

Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Don’t stay in the stronghold. Leave and return to the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

1 Samuel 23:14-16

David then stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.

1 Samuel 23:23-25

Look and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with accurate information, and I’ll go with you. If it turns out he really is in the region, I’ll search for him among all the clans of Judah.”

1 Samuel 26:1-3

Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah saying, “David is hiding on the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon.”

2 Samuel 15:28

Remember, I’ll wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”

Song of Songs 5:8

Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you:
if you find my love,
tell him that I am lovesick.

Isaiah 35:7

the parched ground will become a pool of water,
and the thirsty land springs of water.
In the haunt of jackals, in their lairs,
there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.

Isaiah 41:18

I will open rivers on the barren heights,
and springs in the middle of the plains.
I will turn the desert into a pool of water
and dry land into springs of water.

Jeremiah 31:1

“At that time”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”

Zechariah 13:9

I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

Matthew 12:43

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest but doesn’t find any.

John 7:37

On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, he should come to Me and drink!

John 20:17

“Don’t cling to Me,” Jesus told her, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brothers and tell them that I am ascending to My Father and your Father—to My God and your God.”

Revelation 7:16-17

They will no longer hunger;
they will no longer thirst;
the sun will no longer strike them,
nor will any heat.

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