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Psalm 63

Psa. 63:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
shall be satisfied
saba` (Hebrew #7646)
a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
Pronounce: saw-bah'
Origin: or sabeay {saw-bay'-ah}
h as with ηmarrow
cheleb (Hebrew #2459)
from an unused root meaning to be fat; fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
KJV usage: X best, fat(-ness), X finest, grease, marrow.
Pronounce: kheh'-leb
Origin: or cheleb {khay'-leb}
and fatness
deshen (Hebrew #1880)
the fat; abstractly fatness, i.e. (figuratively) abundance; specifically the (fatty) ashes of sacrifices
KJV usage: ashes, fatness.
Pronounce: deh'-shen
Origin: from 1878
; and my mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
shall praise
halal (Hebrew #1984)
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
KJV usage: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Pronounce: haw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
thee with joyful
rnanah (Hebrew #7445)
a shout (for joy)
KJV usage: joyful (voice), singing, triumphing.
Pronounce: ren-aw-naw'
Origin: from 7442
lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
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Song of Sol. 1:4• 4Draw me, we will run after thee!--The king hath brought me into his chambers--We will be glad and rejoice in thee, We will remember thy love more than wine. They love thee uprightly. (Song of Sol. 1:4)
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fatness.

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Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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my soul.
Psa. 17:15• 15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. (Psa. 17:15)
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Psa. 36:7‑9• 7How precious is thy loving-kindness, O God! So the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.
 8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
 9For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. (Psa. 36:7‑9)
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Psa. 65:4• 4Blessed is he whom thou choosest and causest to approach: he shall dwell in thy courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, of thy holy temple. (Psa. 65:4)
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Psa. 104:34• 34My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah. (Psa. 104:34)
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Song of Sol. 1:4• 4Draw me, we will run after thee!--The king hath brought me into his chambers--We will be glad and rejoice in thee, We will remember thy love more than wine. They love thee uprightly. (Song of Sol. 1:4)
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Isa. 25:6• 6And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. (Isa. 25:6)
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Jer. 31:4• 4I will build thee again, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel! Thou shalt again be adorned with thy tambours, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. (Jer. 31:4)
marrow.
Heb. fatness.
with joyful.
Psa. 43:4• 4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto the *God of the gladness of my joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God. (Psa. 43:4)
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Psa. 71:23• 23My lips shall exult when I sing psalms unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. (Psa. 71:23)
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Psa. 118:14‑15• 14My strength and song is Jah, and he is become my salvation.
 15The voice of triumph and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: the right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly; (Psa. 118:14‑15)
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Psa. 135:3• 3Praise ye Jah; for Jehovah is good: sing psalms unto his name; for it is pleasant. (Psa. 135:3)
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Psa. 149:1‑3• 1Hallelujah! Sing unto Jehovah a new song; sing his praise in the congregation of the godly.
 2Let Israel rejoice in his Maker; let the sons of Zion be joyful in their King.
 3Let them praise his name in the dance; let them sing psalms unto him with the tambour and harp. (Psa. 149:1‑3)
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Ezra 3:11‑13• 11And they sang alternately together in praising and giving thanks to Jehovah: For he is good, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout to the praise of Jehovah, because the foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid.
 12But many of the priests and Levites and chief fathers, the ancient men that had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice, when the foundation of this house was laid in their sight; and many shouted aloud for joy.
 13And the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a great shout, and the noise was heard afar off. (Ezra 3:11‑13)
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Rev. 19:5‑7• 5And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his bondmen, and ye that fear him, small and great.
 6And I heard as a voice of a great crowd, and as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of strong thunders, saying, Hallelujah, for the Lord our God the Almighty has taken to himself kingly power.
 7Let us rejoice and exult, and give him glory; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready. (Rev. 19:5‑7)
• The soul finds in God Himself the fullest and richest food. The soul is satisfied, does not want anything else, when it can be thus alone with God, in which is its delight—it is filled with it. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 59-63” by J.N. Darby)
• God is essentially delighted in and enjoyed. And as the soul is full, so it overflows in praise; the mouth praises with joyful lips. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 59-63” by J.N. Darby)
• Rejoicing in God, he finds his soul satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and his lips filled with praise; even though he is as yet in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. (“Psalms 63” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.