Psalm 63:1

My Soul Thirsts for You

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

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O God, you are my God; t earnestly I seek you;
u my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in v a dry and weary land where there is no water.

  1. Cross References
    2 Samuel 16:14
    And the king, and all the people who were with him, arrived weary at the Jordan. And there he refreshed himself.
    2 Samuel 17:2
    I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king.
    2 Samuel 17:29
    Honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, "The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 78:34
    When he killed them, they sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly.
    Isaiah 26:9
    My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 84:2
    My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord ; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 143:6
    I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
    Isaiah 32:2
    Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
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