Psalm 63:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

{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;

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Thou

Early

Dry and thirsty land, where no water is

Matthew 12:43

General references

Amos 8:13

Bible References

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And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

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.

And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?

See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.

Thou

But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.

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.

I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.

Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.

At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

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.

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

Early

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Dry and thirsty land, where no water is

And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

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.

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.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

General references

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.