Parallel Verses
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, -
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.
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
Topics
References
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 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, -
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 84:2
My soul, longeth - yea even languisheth - for the courts of Yahweh, - My heart and my flesh, shout aloud for a Living GOD.
Exodus 15:2
My might and melody, is Yah, And he became mine, by salvation, - This, is my GOD, and I will glorify him, The God of my father and I will set him on high.
Psalm 42:1-2
BOOK THE SECOND As, the hart, cometh panting up to the channels of water, So my soul, panteth for thee, O God.
Psalm 118:28
My GOD, thou art, and I will thank thee, - My Elohim, I will exalt thee.
Job 8:5
Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD, - and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication;
Psalm 5:3
O Yahweh! in the morning, shalt thou hear my voice, In the morning, will I set in order unto thee, and keep watch;
Psalm 31:14
I, therefore. in thee, have put ray trust, O Yahweh, I have said, My God, thou art!
Psalm 42:11
Why shouldst thou be sat down, O my soul? And why shouldst thou moan over me? Wait thou for God, for yet shall I praise him, As the triumph of my presence and my God.
Psalm 78:34
If he slew of them, then they sought him, Yea they turned, and did earnestly seek GOD;
Psalm 91:2
Saying of Yahweh - My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I will trust.
Psalm 102:3-5
For, consumed in smoke, are my days, And, my bones, like a burning mass, are scorched through;
Psalm 119:81
[KAPH] My soul, hath languished for thy salvation, For thy word, have I hoped.
Proverbs 1:27-28
When cometh as a crashing your dread, and, your calamity, as a storm-wind, overtaketh, when there come upon you, distress and anguish.
Proverbs 8:17
I love, them who love me, and, they who diligently seek me, find me:
Song of Songs 3:1-3
SHEUpon my couch, in the night-time, sought I the beloved of my soul, - I sought him, but found him not.
Isaiah 32:2
So shall each one become As a hiding-place from the wind And a covert from the storm, - As channels of water ill a dry place, As the shadow of a massive cliff in a weary land.
Jeremiah 31:33
For, this, is the covenant which I will solemnize with the house of Israel after those days Declareth Yahweh, I will put my law within them, Yea, on their heart, will I write it, - So will I become their God, And they shall become my people.
Hosea 5:15
I will depart, will return unto my place! till what time they acknowledge their guilt, and seek my face, - In their trouble, will they make for me diligent search.
Exodus 17:3
So the people thirsted, there for water, and the people murmured against Moses, - and said - Wherefore is it that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill me and my sons and my cattle, with thirst?
1 Samuel 22:5
Then said Gad the prophet unto David - Thou must not abide in the fortress, go and get thee into the land of Judah. So David departed, and entered the forest of Hereth.
1 Samuel 23:14-16
Then David abode in the wilderness, in the fortresses, and he abode in the hill country, in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him continually, but God delivered him not into his hand.
1 Samuel 23:23-25
See, then, and get to know - of all the hiding places, where he hideth himself, and return unto me, for certainty, then will I go with you, - and it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search him out, through all the thousands of Judah.
1 Samuel 26:1-3
And the Ziphites came unto Saul in Gibeah, saying, - Is not David hiding himself in the hill of Hachilah, overlooking Jeshimon?
2 Samuel 15:28
See! I, am tarrying in the waste plains of the wilderness - until there come word from you, to tell me.
Song of Songs 5:8
I adjure you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, - If ye find my beloved, what will ye tell him? That, sick with love, I am.
Isaiah 35:7
Then shall the glowing sand, become a lake, And thirsty ground - springs of water, - In the home of the wild dog - its lair, Shall he an enclosure for cane and paper - reed.
Isaiah 41:18
I will open, On bare hills rivers, and In the midst of plains, fountains, - I will make The desert, a lake of water, and Parched land, springs of water;
Jeremiah 31:1
At that time, Declareth Yahweh, I will become a God, to all the families of Israel; And, they, shall become my people.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third into the fire, and will smelt them as one smelteth silver, and will try them, as one trieth gold, - It, will call upon my name, and, I, will answer it, and will say, My people, it is! and, it, will say, Yahweh, is my God!
Matthew 6:33
But be seeking first, the kingdom and its righteousness, - and, all these things, shall be added unto you.
Matthew 12:43
But, when the impure spirit goeth out of the man, it passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, - and findeth it not.
John 7:37
Now, on the last - the great - day of the feast, Jesus was standing, and he cried aloud, saying - If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink:
John 20:17
Jesus saith unto her - Be not detaining me, for, not yet, have I ascended unto the Father; but be going unto my disciples, and say unto them - I am ascending unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
Revelation 7:16-17
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither in any wise shall the sun fall upon them, nor any burning heat;