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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;
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;
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.
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, -
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 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; 2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 84:2
My soul longeth, and even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Psalm 143:6
I stretch forth my hands to thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Exodus 15:2
The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him a habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Psalm 42:1-2
To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so my soul panteth after thee, O God.
Psalm 118:28
Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
Job 8:5
If thou wouldst seek to God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Psalm 5:3
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer to thee, and will look up.
Psalm 31:14
But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
Psalm 42:11
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalm 78:34
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.
Psalm 91:2
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Psalm 102:3-5
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
Psalm 119:81
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Psalm 143:10
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
Proverbs 1:27-28
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Proverbs 8:17
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Song of Songs 3:1-3
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Isaiah 32:2
And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
Jeremiah 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Hosea 5:15
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Exodus 17:3
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is this that thou hast brought us out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
1 Samuel 22:5
And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and come into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
1 Samuel 23:14-16
And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
1 Samuel 23:23-25
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
1 Samuel 26:1-3
And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
2 Samuel 15:28
See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until word shall come from you to certify me.
Song of Songs 5:8
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick with love.
Isaiah 35:7
And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Isaiah 41:18
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Jeremiah 31:1
At the same time, saith the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Matthew 12:43
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and he findeth none.
John 7:37
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirsteth, let him come to me, and drink.
John 20:17
Jesus saith to her, Touch me not: for I have not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.
Revelation 7:16-17
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.