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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 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. (1 Sam. 22:5)

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1 Sam. 23:14‑16• ¹⁴And 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.
¹⁵And David saw that Saul was 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 them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. (Prov. 8:17)

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Song of Sol. 3:1‑3• ¹By night on my bed 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 broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
³The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye 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 day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. (John 7:37)

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weary.

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without water,

Isa. 41:17• ¹⁷When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear 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 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. (1 Sam. 22:5)

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1 Sam. 23:14‑16,23‑25• ¹⁴And 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.
¹⁵And David saw that Saul was 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.
²³See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all 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 Jeshimon.
²⁵Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, 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 unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
²Then 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 pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. (1 Sam. 26:1‑3)

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2 Sam. 15:28• ²⁸See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me. (2 Sam. 15:28)

thou.

Psa. 31:14• ¹⁴But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God. (Psa. 31:14)

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Psa. 42:11• ¹¹Why 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. (Psa. 42:11)

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Psa. 91:2• ²I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. (Psa. 91:2)

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Psa. 118:28• ²⁸Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art 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: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. (Psa. 143:10)

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Ex. 15:2• ²The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. (Ex. 15:2)

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Jer. 31:1,33• ¹At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
³³But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and 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 through 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 hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God. (Zech. 13:9)

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

early.

Psa. 5:3• ³My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. (Psa. 5:3)

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

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

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

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

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Song of Sol. 3:1‑3• ¹By night on my bed 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 broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
³The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? (Song of Sol. 3:1‑3)

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Hos. 5:15• ¹⁵I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, 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• ¹<<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.
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 the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. (Psa. 84:2)

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

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

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

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Rev. 7:16‑17• ¹⁶They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
¹⁷For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears 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 an hearth.
⁴My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. (Psa. 102:3‑5)

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Song of Sol. 5:8• ⁸I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that 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, Wherefore is this 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 an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. (Isa. 32:2)

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Isa. 35:7• ⁷And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. (Isa. 35:7)

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Isa. 41:18• ¹⁸I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. (Isa. 41:18)

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Matt. 12:43• ⁴³When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. (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: