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Psalm 63:1-8  New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

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)
2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
    beholding your power and glory.(B)
3 Because your steadfast love is better than life,
    my lips will praise you.(C)
4 So I will bless you as long as I live;
    I will lift up my hands and call on your name.(D)

5 My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,[a]
    and my mouth praises you with joyful lips(E)
6 when I think of you on my bed
    and meditate on you in the watches of the night,(F)
7 for you have been my help,
    and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.(G)
8 My soul clings to you;
    your right hand upholds me.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. 63.5 Heb with fat and fatness

Cross references

  1. 63.1 : Ps 42.2; 84.2
  2. 63.2 : Ps 27.4
  3. 63.3 : Ps 69.16
  4. 63.4 : Ps 28.2; 104.33
  5. 63.5 : Ps 36.8; 71.23
  6. 63.6 : Ps 42.8
  7. 63.7 : Ps 27.9
  8. 63.8 : Ps 18.35
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