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Psa. 63:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<A Psalm of David, whena he was in the wilderness of Judah.>> O God, thou art my God; earlyb will I seek thee: my soul thirstethc for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and βthirsty land, γwhere no water is;

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1 Sam. 22:5• ⁵And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth. (1 Sam. 22:5)

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1 Sam. 23:14‑16• ¹⁴And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and abode in the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.
¹⁵And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
¹⁶And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. (1 Sam. 23:14‑16)

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Prov. 8:17• ¹⁷I love those that love me; and they that seek me early shall find me. (Prov. 8:17)

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Song of Sol. 3:1‑3• ¹On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
²I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broadways Will I seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
³The watchmen that go about the city found me:--Have ye seen him whom my soul loveth? (Song of Sol. 3:1‑3)

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Psa. 42:2• ²My soul thirsteth for God, for the living *God: when shall I come and appear before God? (Psa. 42:2)

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John 7:37• ³⁷In the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. (John 7:37)

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weary.

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without water,

Isa. 41:17• ¹⁷The afflicted and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue faileth for thirst: I, Jehovah, will answer them, I , the God of Israel, will not forsake them. (Isa. 41:17)

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1-3: David's thirst for God.

4-8: His manner of blessing God.

9-11: His confidence of his enemies' destruction, and his own safety.

A.M. 2943.

B.C. 1061.

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when.

1 Sam. 22:5• ⁵And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth. (1 Sam. 22:5)

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1 Sam. 23:14‑16,23‑25• ¹⁴And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and abode in the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.
¹⁵And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
¹⁶And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
²³And see, and ascertain all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me with sure information, that I may go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout the thousands of Judah.
²⁴And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of the waste.
²⁵And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David; and he came down from the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul heard that, and he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. (1 Sam. 23:14‑16,23‑25)

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1 Sam. 26:1‑3• ¹And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, facing the waste?
²And Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
³And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which faces the waste, by the way side. And David abode in the wilderness; and when he saw that Saul had come after him into the wilderness, (1 Sam. 26:1‑3)

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2 Sam. 15:28• ²⁸See, I will stop in the plains of the desert, until there come word from you to inform me. (2 Sam. 15:28)

thou.

Psa. 31:14• ¹⁴But I confided in thee, Jehovah; I said, thou art my God. (Psa. 31:14)

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Psa. 42:11• ¹¹Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. (Psa. 42:11)

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Psa. 91:2• ²I say of Jehovah, My refuge and my fortress; my God, I will confide in him. (Psa. 91:2)

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Psa. 118:28• ²⁸Thou art my *God, and I will give thee thanks; my God, I will exalt thee. (Psa. 118:28)

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Psa. 143:10• ¹⁰Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: let thy good Spirit lead me in a plain country. (Psa. 143:10)

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Ex. 15:2• ²My strength and song is Jah, and he is become my salvation: This is my *God, and I will glorify him; My father's God, and I will extol him. (Ex. 15:2)

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Jer. 31:1,33• ¹At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
³³For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (Jer. 31:1,33)

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Zech. 13:9• ⁹And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God. (Zech. 13:9)

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John 20:17• ¹⁷Jesus says to her, Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God. (John 20:17)

early.

Psa. 5:3• ³Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; in the morning will I address myself to thee, and will look up. (Psa. 5:3)

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Psa. 78:34• ³⁴When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after *God; (Psa. 78:34)

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Job 8:5• ⁵If thou seek earnestly unto *God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty, (Job 8:5)

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Prov. 1:27‑28• ²⁷when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:
²⁸--then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me. (Prov. 1:27‑28)

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Prov. 8:17• ¹⁷I love those that love me; and they that seek me early shall find me. (Prov. 8:17)

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Song of Sol. 3:1‑3• ¹On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
²I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broadways Will I seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
³The watchmen that go about the city found me:--Have ye seen him whom my soul loveth? (Song of Sol. 3:1‑3)

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Hos. 5:15• ¹⁵I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespass, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. (Hos. 5:15)

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Matt. 6:33• ³³But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matt. 6:33)

soul.

Psa. 42:1‑2• ¹To the chief Musician. An instruction; of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
²My soul thirsteth for God, for the living *God: when shall I come and appear before God? (Psa. 42:1‑2)

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Psa. 84:2• ²My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living *God. (Psa. 84:2)

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Psa. 119:81• ⁸¹CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word. (Psa. 119:81)

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Psa. 143:6• ⁶I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, thirsteth after thee. Selah. (Psa. 143:6)

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John 7:37• ³⁷In the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. (John 7:37)

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Rev. 7:16‑17• ¹⁶They shall not hunger any more, neither shall they thirst any more, nor shall the sun at all fall on them, nor any burning heat;
¹⁷because the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall shepherd them, and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. (Rev. 7:16‑17)

flesh.

Psa. 102:3‑5• ³For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
⁴My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread.
⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh. (Psa. 102:3‑5)

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Song of Sol. 5:8• ⁸I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, … What will ye tell him?--That I am sick of love. (Song of Sol. 5:8)

dry and thirsty land, where no water is.

Heb. weary landwithout water.

Ex. 17:3• ³And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is it that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? (Ex. 17:3)

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Isa. 32:2• ²And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the storm; as brooks of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. (Isa. 32:2)

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Isa. 35:7• ⁷And the mirage shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of wild dogs, where they lay down, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. (Isa. 35:7)

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Isa. 41:18• ¹⁸I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs. (Isa. 41:18)

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Matt. 12:43• ⁴³But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find it. (Matt. 12:43)

• Book 2, Series 3. The Great Tribulation. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)

• It is the perfect delight the divine nature in us has in Him which gives the sense of this relationship. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 59-63” by J.N. Darby)

• It is not Jehovah and blessings, but the divine nature and God its delight; but with the dependent sense of appropriation expressed in “My God.” (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 59-63” by J.N. Darby)

• If we compare this psalm with psalm 84, which in many respects resembles it, it will be seen that there the present enjoyment of covenant blessings is in view, and the way up to them; here, more what God Himself is. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 59-63” by J.N. Darby)

• Psalms 61 is the cry of an overwhelmed soul; Psalms 62, the cry of a waiting soul: Psalms 63, the cry of the longing soul. (“Psalms 63” by H. Smith)

• Both soul and body―the whole man―longs for God, while yet in a desert scene where there is no water—nothing to refresh the soul. (“Psalms 63” by H. Smith)

• The remnant are still outside Jerusalem (see heading, “in the wilderness”) waiting for deliverance. Being deprived of the privileges of the temple they thirst for God. They acknowledge that nothing short of Him alone will satisfy their souls. (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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 languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water: