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Psalm 63:1
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Psalm 63:1
New English Translation
Psalm 63[a]
A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness.[b]
63 O God, you are my God. I long for you.[c]
My soul thirsts[d] for you,
my flesh yearns for you,
in a dry and parched[e] land where there is no water.
Footnotes
- Psalm 63:1 sn Psalm 63. The psalmist expresses his intense desire to be in God’s presence and confidently affirms that God will judge his enemies.
- Psalm 63:1 sn According to the psalm superscription David wrote the psalm while in the “wilderness of Judah.” Perhaps this refers to the period described in 1 Sam 23-24 or to the incident mentioned in 2 Sam 15:23.
- Psalm 63:1 tn Or “I will seek you.”
- Psalm 63:1 tn Or “I thirst.”
- Psalm 63:1 tn Heb “faint” or “weary.” This may picture the land as “faint” or “weary,” or it may allude to the effect this dry desert has on those who are forced to live in it.
Psalm 63:1
New International Version
Psalm 63:1
New International Version
Psalm 63[a]
A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.
Footnotes
- Psalm 63:1 In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.
Psalm 119:48
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Psalm 119:48
New English Translation
48 I will lift my hands to[a] your commands,
which I love,
and I will meditate on your statutes.
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:48 tn Lifting the hands is often associated with prayer (Pss 28:2; 63:4; Lam 2:19). (1) Because praying to God’s law borders on the extreme, some prefer to emend the text to “I lift up my hands to you,” eliminating “your commands, which I love” as dittographic. In this view these words were accidentally repeated from the previous verse. (2) However, it is possible that the psalmist closely associates the law with God himself because he views the law as the expression of the divine will. (3) Another option is that “lifting the hands” does not refer to prayer here, but to the psalmist’s desire to receive and appropriate the law. (4) Still others understand this to be an action praising God’s commands (so NCV; cf. TEV, CEV, NLT).
Psalm 119:48
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Psalm 119:48
New International Version
48 I reach out for your commands, which I love,
that I may meditate(A) on your decrees.
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