Psa 63:1 | NET2full | STEP | 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 .

Psalms 63:1

Psalm 63 ^{▼▼sn Psalm 63. The psalmist expresses his intense desire to be in God’s presence and confidently affirms that God will judge his enemies.}

A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. ^{▼▼sn According to the psalm superscription David wrote the psalm while in the “wilderness of Judah.” Perhaps this refers to the period described in 1 Sam 23-24 or to the incident mentioned in 2 Sam 15:23.}

1 O God, you are my God. I long for you. ^{▼▼tn Or “I will seek you.”}
My soul thirsts ^{▼▼tn Or “I thirst.”} for you,
my flesh yearns for you,
in a dry and parched ^{▼▼tn Heb “faint” or “weary.” This may picture the land as “faint” or “weary,” or it may allude to the effect this dry desert has on those who are forced to live in it.} land where there is no water.

Psalms 63:1

Psalm 63 ▼▼sn Psalm 63. The psalmist expresses his intense desire to be in God’s presence and confidently affirms that God will judge his enemies.

A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. ▼▼sn According to the psalm superscription David wrote the psalm while in the “wilderness of Judah.” Perhaps this refers to the period described in 1 Sam 23-24 or to the incident mentioned in 2 Sam 15:23.

Psalm 63 ^{▼▼sn Psalm 63. The psalmist expresses his intense desire to be in God’s presence and confidently affirms that God will judge his enemies.}

A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. ^{▼▼sn According to the psalm superscription David wrote the psalm while in the “wilderness of Judah.” Perhaps this refers to the period described in 1 Sam 23-24 or to the incident mentioned in 2 Sam 15:23.}