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My Soul Thirsts for You

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

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

⁵ My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food,
and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,
⁶ when I remember you upon my bed,
and meditate on you in the watches of the night;
⁷ for you have been my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
⁸ My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.

⁹ But those who seek to destroy my life
shall go down into the depths of the earth;
¹⁰ they shall be given over to the power of the sword;
they shall be a portion for jackals.
¹¹ But the king shall rejoice in God;
all who swear by him shall exult,
for the mouths of liars will be stopped.

Cross references:

1. Psalm 63:1 : [2 Sam. 16:14; 17:2, 29]
2. Psalm 63:1 : Ps. 78:34; Isa. 26:9
3. Psalm 63:1 : See Ps. 84:2
4. Psalm 63:1 : Ps. 143:6; Isa. 32:2
5. Psalm 63:2 : Ps. 78:61; [Ps. 27:4]
6. Psalm 63:3 : [Ps. 69:16]
7. Psalm 63:4 : Ps. 104:33; 146:2
8. Psalm 63:4 : Ps. 20:1, 5
9. Psalm 63:4 : See Ps. 28:2
10. Psalm 63:5 : See Ps. 36:8
11. Psalm 63:6 : See Ps. 42:8
12. Psalm 63:6 : See Ps. 42:8
13. Psalm 63:7 : See Ps. 17:8
14. Psalm 63:8 : [Num. 14:24]
15. Psalm 63:8 : See Ps. 41:12
16. Psalm 63:9 : Ps. 9:17; 55:15
17. Psalm 63:9 : Ezek. 26:20; 31:14; Eph. 4:9
18. Psalm 63:11 : Ps. 61:6
19. Psalm 63:11 : Deut. 6:13; Isa. 45:23; 65:16
20. Psalm 63:11 : Ps. 107:42; Job 5:16; [Rom. 3:19]
21. Psalm 63:11 : [Ps. 38:12; 41:5-8]