Psalm 63:1
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Psalm 63
Comfort and Assurance in God’s Presence
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
1 O God, you are my God; I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.(A)
Psalm 143:6
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6 I stretch out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah(A)
Psalm 84:2
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2 My soul longs, indeed it faints,
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy
to the living God.(A)
Matthew 6:33
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33 But seek first the kingdom of God[a] and his[b] righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(A)
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Psalm 42:1-2
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Book II
(Psalms 42–72)
Psalm 42
Longing for God and His Help in Distress
To the leader. A Maskil of the Korahites.
1 As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God.(A)
2 My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and behold
the face of God?(B)
Psalm 91:2
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2 will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress;
my God, in whom I trust.”(A)
Revelation 7:16-17
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16 They will hunger no more and thirst no more;
the sun will not strike them,
nor any scorching heat,(A)
17 for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of the water of life,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”(B)
Exodus 15:2
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2 The Lord is my strength and my might,[a]
and he has become my salvation;
this is my God, and I will praise him;
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.(A)
Footnotes
- 15.2 Or song
Psalm 5:3
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3 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I plead my case to you and watch.(A)
John 7:37
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Rivers of Living Water
37 On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me,(A)
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Isaiah 41:18
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18 I will open rivers on the bare heights
and fountains in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water
and the dry land springs of water.(A)
Psalm 143:10
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10 Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
Let your good spirit lead me
on a level path.(A)
Psalm 118:28
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28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
you are my God; I will extol you.(A)
Proverbs 8:17
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17 I love those who love me,
and those who seek me diligently find me.(A)
Zechariah 13:9
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9 And I will put this third into the fire,
refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘They are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”(A)
1 Samuel 23:23-25
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23 Look around and learn all the hiding places where he lurks and come back to me with sure information. Then I will go with you, and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.” 24 So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul.
David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.(A) 25 Saul and his men went to search for him. When David was told, he went down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David into the wilderness of Maon.
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1 Samuel 22:5
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5 Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not remain in the stronghold; leave and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went into the forest of Hereth.(A)
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Hosea 5:15
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15 I will return again to my place
until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face.
In their distress they will beg my favor:(A)
Proverbs 1:27-28
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27 when panic strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.(A)
Psalm 78:34
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34 When he killed them, they searched for him;
they repented and sought God earnestly.(A)
Psalm 42:11
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11 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God.(A)
Psalm 31:14
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14 But I trust in you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”(A)
Job 8:5
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Footnotes
- 8.5 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Jeremiah 31:33
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33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.(A)
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