Psalms 63:1

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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.

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  • Ps 84:2 : 2 I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
  • Ps 143:6 : 6 I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.(Selah)
  • Ps 42:1-2 : 1 Book 2(Psalms 42-72) For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God! 2 I thirst for God, for the living God. I say,“When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”
  • Exod 15:2 : 2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
  • Isa 41:18 : 18 I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the wilderness into a pool of water and the arid land into springs.
  • Jer 31:1 : 1 At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel and they will be my people. I, the LORD, affirm it!”
  • Ps 118:28 : 28 You are my God and I will give you thanks! You are my God and I will praise you!
  • Ps 31:14 : 14 But I trust in you, O LORD! I declare,“You are my God!”
  • Ps 119:81 : 81 כ(Kaf) I desperately long for your deliverance. I find hope in your word.
  • Isa 32:2 : 2 Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.
  • Isa 35:7 : 7 The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.
  • Jer 31:33 : 33 “But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the LORD.“I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.
  • Hos 5:15 : 15 Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say,‘These are my people,’ and they will say,‘The LORD is my God.’”
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
  • Matt 12:43 : 43 The Return of the Unclean Spirit“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.
  • 1 Sam 22:5 : 5 Then Gad the prophet said to David,“Don’t stay in the stronghold. Go to the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
  • 1 Sam 26:1-3 : 1 David Spares Saul’s Life Again The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said,“Isn’t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon?” 2 So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand select men of Israel, to look for David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 Saul camped by the road on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon, but David was staying in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had come to the wilderness to find him,
  • Job 8:5 : 5 But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,
  • Ps 5:3 : 3 LORD, in the morning you will hear me; in the morning I will present my case to you and then wait expectantly for an answer.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
  • Ps 78:34 : 34 When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.
  • Ps 91:2 : 2 I say this about the LORD, my shelter and my stronghold, my God in whom I trust–
  • Ps 102:3-5 : 3 For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace. 4 My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food. 5 Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.
  • Ps 143:10 : 10 Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.
  • Prov 1:27-28 : 27 when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you. 28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I will love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me.
  • Song 3:1-3 : 1 The Lost Lover is FoundThe Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared. 2 “I will arise and look all around throughout the town, and throughout the streets and squares; I will search for my beloved.” I searched for him but I did not find him. 3 The night watchmen found me– the ones who guard the city walls.“Have you seen my beloved?”
  • 1 Sam 23:14-16 : 14 David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, but God did not deliver David into his hand. 15 David realized that Saul had come out to seek his life; at that time David was in Horesh in the wilderness of Ziph. 16 Then Jonathan son of Saul left and went to David at Horesh. He encouraged him through God.
  • 1 Sam 23:23-25 : 23 Locate precisely all the places where he hides and return to me with dependable information. Then I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will find him among all the thousands of Judah.” 24 So they left and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the rift valley to the south of Jeshimon. 25 Saul and his men went to look for him. But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.
  • Exod 17:3 : 3 But the people were very thirsty there for water, and they murmured against Moses and said,“Why in the world did you bring us up from Egypt– to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”
  • John 7:37 : 37 Teaching About the Spirit On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out,“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and
  • John 20:17 : 17 Jesus replied,“Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them,‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
  • Rev 7:16-17 : 16 They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, 17 because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
  • 2 Sam 15:28 : 28 Look, I will be waiting at the fords of the desert until word from you reaches me.”
  • Song 5:8 : 8 The Triumph of Love: The Beloved Praises Her LoverThe Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem– If you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick!

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    6I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.(Selah)

    7Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

    8May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.

  • Ps 42:1-3
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    1Book 2(Psalms 42-72) For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!

    2I thirst for God, for the living God. I say,“When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”

    3I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me,“Where is your God?”

  • Ps 63:2-3
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    2Yes, in the sanctuary I have seen you, and witnessed your power and splendor.

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    2I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

  • Ps 69:3
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    3I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.

  • Isa 26:9
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    9I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.

  • Ps 63:5-8
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    5As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,

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    7For you are my deliverer; under your wings I rejoice.

    8My soul pursues you; your right hand upholds me.

  • Ps 61:1-2
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    1For the music director; to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David. O God, hear my cry for help! Pay attention to my prayer!

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    8My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O LORD.

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    25Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire no one but you on earth.

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    6I say to the LORD,“You are my God.” O LORD, pay attention to my plea for mercy!

  • Isa 63:15
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    15Look down from heaven and take notice, from your holy, majestic palace! Where are your zeal and power? Do not hold back your tender compassion!

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    5I cared for you in the wilderness, in the dry desert where no water was.

  • Ps 119:25
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    25ד(Dalet) I collapse in the dirt. Revive me with your word!

  • Ps 119:131
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    131I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commands.

  • Ps 22:15
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    15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

  • Ps 5:2-3
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    71%

    2Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, for I am praying to you!

    3LORD, in the morning you will hear me; in the morning I will present my case to you and then wait expectantly for an answer.

  • Ps 77:2
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  • Ps 62:1
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  • Ps 32:4
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    4For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer.(Selah)

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    9O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you.

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    20I desperately long to know your regulations at all times.

  • Ps 69:1
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    1For the music director; according to the tune of“Lilies;” by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.

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    1A prayer of David. Protect me, O God, for I have taken shelter in you.

  • Ps 43:4
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    4Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.

  • Ps 119:10
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    10With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

  • Ps 43:1-2
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    1Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!

    2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

  • Ps 6:3
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    3I am absolutely terrified, and you, LORD– how long will this continue?

  • Ps 119:40
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    40Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me with your deliverance!

  • Ps 102:5
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    5Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

  • Ps 130:6
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    6I yearn for the Lord, more than watchmen do for the morning, yes, more than watchmen do for the morning.

  • Ps 17:6
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    6I call to you for you will answer me, O God. Listen to me! Hear what I say!

  • Ps 22:1
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    1For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

  • Ps 130:1
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    1A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O LORD.

  • Ps 70:1
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  • Isa 41:17
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    17The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the LORD, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.