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Holman Bible
A Davidic psalm. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
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,
O God,
My soul
In a
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
My
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.
Themes
Desires » Select readings, psalms 42; 84 ps 42; 84 » General references to
Desires » Select readings, psalms 42; 84 ps 42; 84 » Spiritual thirst, examples of
Early rising » Requisite for » Devotion
Help » The lord being your help
Hunger » Select readings ps 42; 84 » General references to
Kindness » The kindness of the lord
Power » Of God » Saints long for exhibitions of
God, Power of » Saints » Long for exhibitions of
Rising » Early » For devotions
Seeking God » Saints » Early in
Spiritual » Hunger select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Drought
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » Thirst
Thirst » Figurative of the ardent desire of the devout mind
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Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 63:1
Prayers for Psalm 63:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise God Who Satisfies
1 A Davidic psalm. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
I thirst for You;
my body faints for You
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.
to see Your strength and Your glory.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 84:2
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh cry out for
Psalm 143:6
I am like parched land before You.
Exodus 15:2
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.
so I long for You, God.
Psalm 118:28
You are my God; I will exalt You.
Job 8:5
and ask the Almighty for mercy,
Psalm 5:3
at daybreak I plead my case to You
Psalm 31:14
I say, “You are my God.”
Psalm 42:11
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.
Psalm 78:34
the rest began to seek Him;
they repented and searched for God.
Psalm 91:2
my God, in whom I trust.”
Psalm 102:3-5
and my bones burn like a furnace.
Psalm 119:81
כ Kaf
I put my hope in Your word.
Psalm 143:10
for You are my God.
May Your gracious Spirit
lead me on level ground.
Proverbs 1:27-28
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.
Proverbs 8:17
and those who search for me find me.
Song of Songs 3:1-3
I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but did not find him.
Isaiah 32:2
a refuge from the rain,
like streams of water
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
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
1 Samuel 23:14-16
David then stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph.
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
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
if you find my love,
tell him that I am lovesick.
Isaiah 35:7
and the thirsty land springs of water.
In the haunt of jackals,
there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.
Isaiah 41:18
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,
Zechariah 13:9
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
Matthew 12:43
John 7:37
On the last and most important day of the festival,
John 20:17
Revelation 7:16-17
they will no longer thirst;
the sun will no longer strike them,
nor will any heat.