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I thirst for God, the living God.
    When can I go and stand before him?

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My soul thirsts(A) for God, for the living God.(B)
    When can I go(C) and meet with God?

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Psalm 63

A psalm of David, regarding a time when David was in the wilderness of Judah.

O God, you are my God;
    I earnestly search for you.
My soul thirsts for you;
    my whole body longs for you
in this parched and weary land
    where there is no water.

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Psalm 63[a]

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,(A)
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 63:1 In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.

10 A single day in your courts
    is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
    than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

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10 Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper(A) in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

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The one thing I ask of the Lord
    the thing I seek most—
is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
    delighting in the Lord’s perfections
    and meditating in his Temple.

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One thing(A) I ask from the Lord,
    this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,(B)
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
    and to seek him in his temple.

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22 Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

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Eden Restored

22 Then the angel showed me the river(A) of the water of life,(B) as clear as crystal,(C) flowing(D) from the throne of God and of the Lamb

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Jesus Promises Living Water

37 On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me!

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37 On the last and greatest day of the festival,(A) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.(B)

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I long, yes, I faint with longing
    to enter the courts of the Lord.
With my whole being, body and soul,
    I will shout joyfully to the living God.

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My soul yearns,(A) even faints,
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
    for the living God.(B)

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You feed them from the abundance of your own house,
    letting them drink from your river of delights.
For you are the fountain of life,
    the light by which we see.

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They feast on the abundance of your house;(A)
    you give them drink from your river(B) of delights.(C)
For with you is the fountain of life;(D)
    in your light(E) we see light.

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What joy for those who can live in your house,
    always singing your praises. Interlude

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Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
    they are ever praising you.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.

There I will go to the altar of God,
    to God—the source of all my joy.
I will praise you with my harp,
    O God, my God!

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Then I will go(A) to the altar(B) of God,
    to God, my joy(C) and my delight.(D)
I will praise you with the lyre,(E)
    O God, my God.

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If only I knew where to find God,
    I would go to his court.

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If only I knew where to find him;
    if only I could go to his dwelling!(A)

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13 “For my people have done two evil things:
They have abandoned me—
    the fountain of living water.
And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns
    that can hold no water at all!

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13 “My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken(A) me,
    the spring of living water,(B)
and have dug their own cisterns,
    broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

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for they keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve the living and true God.

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for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned(A) to God from idols(B) to serve the living and true God,(C)

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