Psalms 63:1
O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
2 So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
3 Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
- KJV
- 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;
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- {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:
- BLB
- A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> O God, You [are] my God; I seek after You—my soul thirsts for You, my flesh longs for You—in a land dry and weary, without waters.
- ÅB
- Gud! Du er min Gud, jeg søker deg årle; min sjel tørster etter deg, mitt kjød lenges etter deg i et tørt og vansmektende land, hvor det ikke er vann.
- OTB
- Gud, Du er min Gud; jeg skal søke Deg;
Min sjel tørster etter Deg, mitt kjød lengter etter Deg,
I et tørt og utmattet land, hvor det ikke er vann. - B1930
- Gud! Du er min Gud, jeg søker dig årle; min sjel tørster efter dig, mitt kjød lenges efter dig i et tørt og vansmektende land, hvor det ikke er vann.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 143:6
I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
Read in contextPsalms 84:2
My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Read in contextPsalms 42:1–2
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
Read in contextMatthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Read in contextPsalms 91:2
I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Read in contextRevelation 7:16–17
‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
Read in contextIsaiah 41:18
I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
Read in contextExodus 15:2
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
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