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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.

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)

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I stretch out my hands to you;
    my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah(A)

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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)

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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.

As a deer longs for flowing streams,
    so my soul longs for you, O God.(A)
My soul thirsts for God,
    for the living God.
When shall I come and behold
    the face of God?(B)

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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)

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. 15.2 Or song

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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Footnotes

  1. 6.33 Other ancient authorities lack of God
  2. 6.33 Or its

will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress;
    my God, in whom I trust.”(A)

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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)

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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)

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O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
    in the morning I plead my case to you and watch.(A)

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81 My soul languishes for your salvation;
    I hope in your word.(A)

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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)

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