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Psalm 63
- Purpose
- To offer praise and prayer to God, to supply God’s people with texts for worship, and to provide reflection on the sovereignty of God and some of life’s toughest questions
- Author
- Various; nearly half are linked with David
- Date
- Written over the course of many centuries; the process of collecting and editing was likely completed after the Babylonian exile
- Setting
- Varied, but a postexilic setting accounts for much of the editorial activity and grouping of the psalms
Psalms has 36,194 words: about 2 hours 32 minutes to read, or 4 hours 18 minutes to listen to. Read it from the start or listen from the start.
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A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
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Footnotes
Thirsting for God
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
1O God, You are my God.Earnestly I seek You;my soul thirsts for You.My body yearns for Youin a dry and weary land without water.
2So I have seen You in the sanctuaryand beheld Your power and glory. 3Because Your loving devotion is better than life,my lips will glorify You. 4So I will bless You as long as I live;in Your name I will lift my hands.
5My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods;with joyful lips my mouth will praise You. 6When I remember You on my bed,I think of You through the watches of the night. 7For You are my help;I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings. 8My soul clings to You;Your right hand upholds me.
9But those who seek my life to destroy itwill go into the depths of the earth. 10They will fall to the power of the sword;they will become a portion for foxes. 11But the king will rejoice in God;all who swear by Him will exult,for the mouths of liars will be shut.
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