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.

I spread out my hands(A) to you;
    I thirst for you like a parched land.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 143:6 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

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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BOOK II

Psalms 42–72

Psalm 42[a][b]

For the director of music. A maskil[c] of the Sons of Korah.

As the deer(A) pants for streams of water,(B)
    so my soul pants(C) for you, my God.
My soul thirsts(D) for God, for the living God.(E)
    When can I go(F) and meet with God?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.
  2. Psalm 42:1 In Hebrew texts 42:1-11 is numbered 42:2-12.
  3. Psalm 42:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

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81 My soul faints(A) with longing for your salvation,(B)
    but I have put my hope(C) in your word.

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I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge(A) and my fortress,(B)
    my God, in whom I trust.”

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In the morning,(A) Lord, you hear my voice;
    in the morning I lay my requests before you
    and wait expectantly.(B)

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33 But seek first his kingdom(A) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(B)

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10 Teach me(A) to do your will,
    for you are my God;(B)
may your good Spirit
    lead(C) me on level ground.(D)

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28 You are my God, and I will praise you;
    you are my God,(A) and I will exalt(B) you.

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14 But I trust(A) in you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”

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This third I will put into the fire;(A)
    I will refine them like silver(B)
    and test them like gold.(C)
They will call(D) on my name(E)
    and I will answer(F) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(G)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(H)’”

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15 Then I will return to my lair(A)
    until they have borne their guilt(B)
    and seek my face(C)
in their misery(D)
    they will earnestly seek me.(E)

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18 I will make rivers flow(A) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert(B) into pools of water,(C)
    and the parched ground into springs.(D)

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27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
    when disaster(A) sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
    when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;(B)
    they will look for me but will not find me,(C)

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34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek(A) him;
    they eagerly turned to him again.

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11 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.(A)

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David Again Spares Saul’s Life

26 The Ziphites(A) went to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding(B) on the hill of Hakilah, which faces Jeshimon?(C)

So Saul went down to the Desert of Ziph, with his three thousand select Israelite troops, to search(D) there for David. Saul made his camp beside the road on the hill of Hakilah(E) facing Jeshimon, but David stayed in the wilderness. When he saw that Saul had followed him there,

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But the prophet Gad(A) said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.(B)

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16 ‘Never again will they hunger;
    never again will they thirst.(A)
The sun will not beat down on them,’[a]
    nor any scorching heat.(B)
17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne
    will be their shepherd;(C)
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’[b](D)
    ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’[c](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 7:16 Isaiah 49:10
  2. Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 49:10
  3. Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 25:8

33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
    after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds(A)
    and write it on their hearts.(B)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(C)

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31 “At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the God(A) of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”

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The burning sand will become a pool,
    the thirsty ground(A) bubbling springs.(B)
In the haunts where jackals(C) once lay,
    grass and reeds(D) and papyrus will grow.

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