God Satisfies the Thirsting Soul

631 [1]You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

Other Translations of Psalm 63:1

King James Version

God Satisfies the Thirsting Soul

631 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty thirsty: Heb. weary land, where no water is;

English Standard Version

God Satisfies the Thirsting Soul

631 O God, you are my God; earnestly 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.

The Message

God Satisfies the Thirsting Soul

631 God - you're my God! I can't get enough of you! I've worked up such hunger and thirst for God, traveling across dry and weary deserts.

New King James Version

God Satisfies the Thirsting Soul

631 A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.

New Living Translation

God Satisfies the Thirsting Soul

631 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.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 63:1

Commentary on Psalm 63:1-2

(Read Psalm 63:1-2)

Early will I seek thee. The true Christian devotes to God the morning hour. He opens the eyes of his understanding with those of his body, and awakes each morning to righteousness. He arises with a thirst after those comforts which the world cannot give, and has immediate recourse by prayer to the Fountain of the water of life. The true believer is convinced, that nothing in this sinful world can satisfy the wants and desires of his immortal soul; he expects his happiness from God, as his portion. When faith and hope are most in exercise, the world appears a weary desert, and the believer longs for the joys of heaven, of which he has some foretastes in the ordinances of God upon earth.

2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.

Other Translations of Psalm 63:2

King James Version

2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

English Standard Version

2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.

The Message

2 So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in your strength and glory.

New King James Version

2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.

New Living Translation

2 I have seen you in your sanctuary and gazed upon your power and glory.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 63:2

Commentary on Psalm 63:1-2

(Read Psalm 63:1-2)

Early will I seek thee. The true Christian devotes to God the morning hour. He opens the eyes of his understanding with those of his body, and awakes each morning to righteousness. He arises with a thirst after those comforts which the world cannot give, and has immediate recourse by prayer to the Fountain of the water of life. The true believer is convinced, that nothing in this sinful world can satisfy the wants and desires of his immortal soul; he expects his happiness from God, as his portion. When faith and hope are most in exercise, the world appears a weary desert, and the believer longs for the joys of heaven, of which he has some foretastes in the ordinances of God upon earth.