Parallel Verses

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.

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;

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.

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;

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

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Prayers for Psalm 63:1

Context Readings

Praise God Who Satisfies

1 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. 2 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.

Cross References

Psalm 84:2

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Psalm 143:6

I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

Exodus 15:2

Yah is my strength and 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

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.

Psalm 118:28

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

Job 8:5

If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.

Psalm 5:3

Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

Psalm 31:14

But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my God."

Psalm 42:11

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 78:34

When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.

Psalm 91:2

I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust."

Psalm 102:3-5

For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.

Psalm 119:81

My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

Psalm 143:10

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

Proverbs 1:27-28

when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

Song of Songs 3:1-3

By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.

Isaiah 32:2

A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:

Hosea 5:15

I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly."

Exodus 17:3

The people were thirsty for water there; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"

1 Samuel 22:5

The prophet Gad said to David, "Don't stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah." Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

1 Samuel 23:14-16

David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn't deliver him into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:23-25

See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall happen, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah."

1 Samuel 26:1-3

The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, "Doesn't David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?"

2 Samuel 15:28

Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness, until word comes from you to inform me."

Song of Songs 5:8

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends

Isaiah 35:7

The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.

Isaiah 41:18

I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs 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 that time, says Yahweh, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'Yahweh is my God.'"

Matthew 6:33

But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 12:43

But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.

John 7:37

Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, "Don't hold me, for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

Revelation 7:16-17

They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat;

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