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When he was in the Desert of Judah. You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. <a href="/nlt/psalms/63.htm">New Living Translation</a> O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water. <a href="/esv/psalms/63.htm">English Standard Version</a> O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. <a href="/bsb/psalms/63.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. 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. <a href="/kjv/psalms/63.htm">King James Bible</a> 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; <a href="/nkjv/psalms/63.htm">New King James Version</a> 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 there is no water. <a href="/nasb_/psalms/63.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. God, You are my God; I shall be watching for You; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and exhausted land where there is no water. <a href="/nasb/psalms/63.htm">NASB 1995</a> 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. <a href="/nasb77/psalms/63.htm">NASB 1977 </a> O God, Thou art my God; I shall seek Thee earnestly; My soul thirsts for Thee, my flesh yearns for Thee, In a dry and weary land where there is no water. <a href="/lsb/psalms/63.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> 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 without water. <a href="/amp/psalms/63.htm">Amplified Bible</a> A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 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. <a href="/csb/psalms/63.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> A psalm of David. 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. <a href="/hcsb/psalms/63.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/asv/psalms/63.htm">American Standard Version</a> A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 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. <a href="/cev/psalms/63.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You are my God. I worship you. In my heart, I long for you, as I would long for a stream in a scorching desert. <a href="/erv/psalms/63.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 weary land, where no water is. <a href="/gwt/psalms/63.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> [A psalm by David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, you are my God. At dawn I search for you. My soul thirsts for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water. <a href="/gnt/psalms/63.htm">Good News Translation</a> O God, you are my God, and I long for you. My whole being desires you; like a dry, worn-out, and waterless land, my soul is thirsty for you. <a href="/isv/psalms/63.htm">International Standard Version</a> 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 href="/msb/psalms/63.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. 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. <a href="/net/psalms/63.htm">NET Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nheb/psalms/63.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> [A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.] 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. <a href="/wbt/psalms/63.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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; <a href="/web/psalms/63.htm">World English Bible</a> A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah. 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/psalms/63.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> A PSALM OF DAVID, IN HIS BEING IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH. O God, You [are] my God, earnestly I seek You, "" My soul has thirsted for You, "" My flesh has longed for You, "" In a dry and weary land, without waters. <a href="/ylt/psalms/63.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/psalms/63.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/psalms/63.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> A psalm of David when he was in the desert of Edom. O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my soul hath thirsted; for thee my flesh, O how many ways! <a href="/cpdv/psalms/63.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 62:1>A Psalm of David, when he was in the desert of Idumea. <V 62:2>O God, my God: to you, I keep vigil until first light. For you, my soul has thirsted, to you my body, in so many ways. <a href="/nabre/psalms/63.htm">New American Bible</a> A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. [2] O God, you are my God— it is you I seek! For you my body yearns; for you my soul thirsts, In a land parched, lifeless, and without water. <a href="/nrsvce/psalms/63.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/psalms/63.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> O GOD, thou art my God; on thee I wait; my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee as in a dry and thirsty land where no water is. <a href="/hpbt/psalms/63.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> My God, you are my God, and I shall wait for you; my soul is thirsty for you, and my flesh looks for you like thirsty and troubled land that seeks water<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/psalms/63.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 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. <a href="/sep/psalms/63.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Idumea. O God, my God, I cry to thee early; my soul has thirsted for thee: how often has my flesh longed after thee, in a barren and trackless and dry land! <a href="/parallel/psalms/63-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=7346" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/psalms/63.htm">Thirsting for God</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/4210.htm" title="4210: miz·mō·wr (N-ms) -- A melody. From zamar; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes.">A Psalm</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: lə·ḏā·wiḏ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">of David,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: bih·yō·w·ṯōw (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">when he was</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: bə·miḏ·bar (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">in the Wilderness</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah.</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God"> O God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’ê·lî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">You are my God.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7836.htm" title="7836: ’ăša·ḥă·re·kā (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs:: 2mse) -- To look early or diligently for. A primitive root; properly, to dawn, i.e. be early at any task; by extension, to search for.">Earnestly I seek</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You;</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">my</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">soul</a> <a href="/hebrew/6770.htm" title="6770: ṣā·mə·’āh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To be thirsty. A primitive root; to thirst.">thirsts for You.</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">My</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: ḇə·śā·rî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">body</a> <a href="/hebrew/3642.htm" title="3642: kā·mah (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To faint. A primitive root; to pine after.">yearns for You</a> <a href="/hebrew/6723.htm" title="6723: ṣî·yāh (Adj-fs) -- Dryness, drought. From an unused root meaning to parch; aridity; concretely, a desert.">in a dry</a> <a href="/hebrew/5889.htm" title="5889: wə·‘ā·yêp̄ (Conj-w:: Adj-ms) -- Faint, weary. From ayeph; languid.">and weary</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">land</a> <a href="/hebrew/1097.htm" title="1097: bə·lî- (Adv) -- From balah; properly, failure, i.e. Nothing or destruction; usually without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.">without</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: mā·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">water.</a> 2So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/42-1.htm">Psalm 42:1-2</a> For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. / My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence? <a href="/matthew/5-6.htm">Matthew 5:6</a> Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. <a href="/isaiah/55-1.htm">Isaiah 55:1</a> “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! <a href="/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13-14</a> Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. / But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.” <a href="/psalms/84-2.htm">Psalm 84:2</a> My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. <a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-38</a> On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” <a href="/psalms/143-6.htm">Psalm 143:6</a> I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah <a href="/revelation/21-6.htm">Revelation 21:6</a> And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life. <a href="/psalms/27-4.htm">Psalm 27:4</a> One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple. <a href="/revelation/22-17.htm">Revelation 22:17</a> The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely. <a href="/psalms/36-8.htm">Psalm 36:8-9</a> They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights. / For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light. <a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a> Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst. <a href="/psalms/119-81.htm">Psalm 119:81</a> My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. <a href="/philippians/3-10.htm">Philippians 3:10</a> I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death, <a href="/psalms/73-25.htm">Psalm 73:25</a> Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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;A.<a href="/1_samuel/22-5.htm">1 Samuel 22:5</a> 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.<a href="/1_samuel/23-14.htm">1 Samuel 23:14-16,23-25</a> 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… <a href="/1_samuel/26-1.htm">1 Samuel 26:1-3</a> And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? … thou<a href="/psalms/31-14.htm">Psalm 31:14</a> But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.<a href="/psalms/42-11.htm">Psalm 42:11</a> 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.<a href="/psalms/91-2.htm">Psalm 91:2</a> I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.early<a href="/psalms/5-3.htm">Psalm 5:3</a> My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.<a href="/psalms/78-34.htm">Psalm 78:34</a> When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.<a href="/job/8-5.htm">Job 8:5</a> If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;soul<a href="/psalms/42-1.htm">Psalm 42:1,2</a> To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God… <a href="/psalms/84-2.htm">Psalm 84:2</a> My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.<a href="/psalms/119-81.htm">Psalm 119:81</a> CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.flesh<a href="/psalms/102-3.htm">Psalm 102:3-5</a> For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth… <a href="/songs/5-8.htm">Song of Solomon 5:8</a> I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.<a href="/exodus/17-3.htm">Exodus 17:3</a> 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?<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/58-9.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/psalms/62-12.htm">David</a> <a href="/psalms/55-7.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/psalms/59-10.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/psalms/58-9.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/psalms/57-8.htm">Early</a> <a href="/job/32-4.htm">Earnestly</a> <a href="/job/19-27.htm">Faints</a> <a href="/psalms/56-4.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/psalms/60-7.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/psalms/12-5.htm">Longs</a> <a href="/psalms/50-12.htm">Need</a> <a href="/psalms/62-12.htm">Psalm</a> <a href="/psalms/56-5.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/psalms/62-5.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/psalms/42-2.htm">Thirsted</a> <a href="/psalms/42-2.htm">Thirsteth</a> <a href="/psalms/42-2.htm">Thirsts</a> <a href="/job/5-5.htm">Thirsty</a> <a href="/psalms/58-9.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/psalms/49-14.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/psalms/58-8.htm">Water</a> <a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Weary</a> <a href="/psalms/62-12.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/job/19-27.htm">Yearns</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/69-3.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/psalms/63-11.htm">David</a> <a href="/psalms/65-12.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/psalms/63-9.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/psalms/66-6.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/psalms/78-34.htm">Early</a> <a href="/psalms/78-34.htm">Earnestly</a> <a href="/psalms/77-3.htm">Faints</a> <a href="/psalms/65-2.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/psalms/68-27.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/psalms/84-2.htm">Longs</a> <a href="/psalms/70-5.htm">Need</a> <a href="/psalms/63-11.htm">Psalm</a> <a href="/psalms/63-9.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/psalms/63-5.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-21.htm">Thirsted</a> <a href="/psalms/143-6.htm">Thirsteth</a> <a href="/psalms/143-6.htm">Thirsts</a> <a href="/psalms/107-5.htm">Thirsty</a> <a href="/psalms/65-12.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/psalms/69-3.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/psalms/65-9.htm">Water</a> <a href="/psalms/68-9.htm">Weary</a> <a href="/psalms/65-12.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/psalms/84-2.htm">Yearns</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 63</div>1. <a href="/psalms/63-1.htm">David's thirst for God</a> 4. <a href="/psalms/63-4.htm">His manner of blessing God</a> 9. <a href="/psalms/63-9.htm">His confidence of his enemies' destruction, and his own safety</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/63.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/63.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. This psalm is attributed to David, a central figure in the Old Testament, known for his deep relationship with God and his role as the second king of Israel. The Wilderness of Judah is a barren, rugged area east of Jerusalem, often associated with David's flight from Saul (<a href="/1_samuel/23-14.htm">1 Samuel 23:14</a>) or Absalom (<a href="/2_samuel/15-23.htm">2 Samuel 15:23</a>). This setting underscores themes of isolation and reliance on God amidst adversity. The wilderness symbolizes spiritual desolation, a place where one is stripped of distractions and forced to confront their dependence on God.O God, You are my God. David's declaration is personal and intimate, emphasizing a covenant relationship with God. This phrase reflects the Shema (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4</a>), affirming the monotheistic belief central to Israel's faith. It highlights the personal nature of faith, where God is not just a distant deity but a personal Lord. This relationship is foundational for understanding the rest of the psalm, as it sets the tone for David's earnest seeking.Earnestly I seek You; The word "earnestly" conveys a sense of urgency and diligence. David's pursuit of God is not casual but fervent and intentional. This reflects the biblical principle of seeking God with all one's heart (<a href="/jeremiah/29-13.htm">Jeremiah 29:13</a>). The Hebrew root for "seek" can also imply early morning pursuit, suggesting priority and dedication. This earnest seeking is a model for believers, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing God above all else.my soul thirsts for You. Thirst is a powerful metaphor for spiritual longing. In the arid climate of the Middle East, water is a precious commodity, and thirst is a vivid image of desperation and need. This metaphor is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/psalms/42.htm">Psalm 42:1-2</a>, where the psalmist compares his longing for God to a deer panting for water. It points to the deep, intrinsic need for God that surpasses physical desires, highlighting the soul's dependence on divine sustenance.My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water. The physical yearning complements the soul's thirst, indicating that the desire for God encompasses the whole being. The "dry and weary land" is both a literal description of the wilderness and a metaphor for spiritual barrenness. This imagery is reminiscent of Israel's wanderings in the desert, where reliance on God was crucial for survival (<a href="/exodus/17.htm">Exodus 17:1-7</a>). It also foreshadows the living water Jesus offers in <a href="/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13-14</a>, where He promises to quench spiritual thirst eternally. This yearning reflects the believer's ultimate hope and fulfillment found in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> The author of this Psalm, traditionally believed to be King David, who wrote it during a time of distress, possibly when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 2. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The central figure whom David addresses, expressing his deep longing and dependence. 3. <a href="/topical/w/wilderness_of_judah.htm">Wilderness of Judah</a> The likely setting for this Psalm, symbolizing a place of physical and spiritual desolation and need.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/e/earnest_seeking.htm">Earnest Seeking</a> David's use of "earnestly" (Hebrew: shachar) implies a diligent, early, and eager pursuit of God. Believers are encouraged to prioritize their relationship with God above all else. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_thirst.htm">Spiritual Thirst</a> The imagery of thirst and longing in a "dry and weary land" reflects the soul's deep need for God. This teaches us to recognize our spiritual needs and seek fulfillment in God alone. <a href="/topical/p/physical_and_spiritual_connection.htm">Physical and Spiritual Connection</a> David's mention of both soul and body longing for God suggests that our spiritual health impacts our physical well-being. We should strive for holistic devotion to God. <a href="/topical/d/desolation_as_opportunity.htm">Desolation as Opportunity</a> The wilderness setting symbolizes times of trial and desolation, which can become opportunities for deeper intimacy with God. Believers can find hope and strength in God during life's deserts.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_63.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 63</a> <a href="/q/how_can_i_seek_you_early_each_day.htm">How can I seek you early each day?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_psalm_63_differ_from_others.htm">If Psalm 63 is David’s composition, why do some linguistic and thematic elements differ from other psalms attributed to him?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_archaeological_proof_of_david.htm">Psalm 63:1 mentions David in the wilderness of Judah—why is there no confirmed archaeological record of his presence there? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_psalm_63_6_inspire_change.htm">Psalm 63:6 references meditating on God at night—how does this shift from internal devotion to real-world change? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/63.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) Early will I seek thee.--LXX. and Vulgate, "to thee I wake early," i.e., my waking thoughts are toward thee, and this was certainly in the Hebrew, since the verb here used has for its cognate noun the dawn. The expectancy which even in inanimate nature seems to await the first streak of morning is itself enough to show the connection of thought. (Comp. the use of the same verb in <a href="/songs/7-12.htm" title="Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give you my loves.">Song of Solomon 7:12</a>; and comp. <a href="/luke/21-28.htm" title="And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws near.">Luke 21:28</a>, New Testament Commentary.)Soul . . . flesh.--Or, as we say, body and soul. (Comp. <a href="/psalms/84-2.htm" title="My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cries out for the living God.">Psalm 84:2</a>, "my heart and my flesh.")Longeth.--Heb., khamah, a word only occurring here, but explained as cognate with an Arabic root meaning to be black as with hunger and faintness.In.--Rather, as. (Comp. <a href="/psalms/143-6.htm" title="I stretch forth my hands to you: my soul thirsts after you, as a thirsty land. Selah.">Psalm 143:6</a>.) This is the rendering of one of the Greek versions quoted by Origen, and Symmachus has "as in," &c . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/63.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - O God, thou art my God; or, my strong God (Eli) - my Tower of strength. Early will I seek thee. The song was, perhaps, composed in the night watches, and poured forth at early dawn, when the king woke "refreshed" (comp. vers. 5, 6; and <a href="/2_samuel/16-14.htm">2 Samuel 16:14</a>). My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee; or, pineth for thee (the verb occurs only in this place). Soul and body equally long for God, and especially desire to worship him in the sanctuary (ver. 2). In a dry and thirsty (or, weary) land, where no water is. This is figurative, no doubt; but it may also contain an allusion to the literal fact (<a href="/2_samuel/16-2.htm">2 Samuel 16:2</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/17-29.htm">2 Samuel 17:29</a>). <a href="/commentaries/psalms/63-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>A Psalm מִזְמ֥וֹר (miz·mō·wr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4210.htm">Strong's 4210: </a> Instrumental music, a poem set to notes of David, לְדָוִ֑ד (lə·ḏā·wiḏ) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse when he was בִּ֝הְיוֹת֗וֹ (bih·yō·w·ṯōw) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be in the Wilderness בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר (bə·miḏ·bar) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> A pasture, a desert, speech of Judah. יְהוּדָֽה׃ (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites O God, אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative You are my God, אֵלִ֥י (’ê·lî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty earnestly I seek אֲ‍ֽשַׁחֲ֫רֶ֥ךָּ (’ăša·ḥă·re·kā) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7836.htm">Strong's 7836: </a> To dawn, be, early at any task, to search for You; אַתָּ֗ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you my לְךָ֨ ׀ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> soul נַפְשִׁ֗י (nap̄·šî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion thirsts for You; צָמְאָ֬ה (ṣā·mə·’āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6770.htm">Strong's 6770: </a> To be thirsty my לְךָ֣ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> body בְשָׂרִ֑י (ḇə·śā·rî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man yearns for You כָּמַ֣הּ (kā·mah) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3642.htm">Strong's 3642: </a> To pine after in a dry צִיָּ֖ה (ṣî·yāh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6723.htm">Strong's 6723: </a> Aridity, a desert and weary וְעָיֵ֣ף (wə·‘ā·yêp̄) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5889.htm">Strong's 5889: </a> Faint, weary land בְּאֶֽרֶץ־ (bə·’e·reṣ-) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land without בְּלִי־ (bə·lî-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1097.htm">Strong's 1097: </a> Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as water. מָֽיִם׃ (mā·yim) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> Water, juice, urine, semen <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/psalms/63-1.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 63:1 A Psalm by David when he was (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/62-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 62:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 62:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/63-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 63:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 63:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>