Psalms 63:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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;”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou <FI>art<Fi> 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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 63:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 15:2The 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.
- Exodus 17:3But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
- 1 Samuel 22:5Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
- 1 Samuel 23:14And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
- 1 Samuel 23:23Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
- 1 Samuel 26:1Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
- 1 Samuel 26:3Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
- 2 Samuel 15:28See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
- 1 Chronicles 16:14He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
- Job 8:5But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
- Psalms 5:3In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
- Psalms 31:14But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
- Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
- Psalms 42:11Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
- Psalms 78:34When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
- Psalms 84:2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- Psalms 91:2I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
- Psalms 102:3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
- Psalms 118:28You are my God, and I will give You thanks. You are my God, and I will exalt You.
- Psalms 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
- Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
- Psalms 143:10Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
- Proverbs 1:27when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
- Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
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