Psalms 63 -- Old Testament -- Gospel Daily

Psalms

Chapter 63

Seeking God's Presence in Wilderness

The psalmist seeks God early in a dry and thirsty land, thirsting for God more than water. He recalls seeing God's power and glory in the sanctuary and declares that God's lovingkindness is better than life itself. The psalmist will bless God while alive, lift up his hands in His name, and his soul will be satisfied as with marrow and fatness. He meditates on God in the night watches, rejoices in the shadow of God's wings, and follows hard after God, whose right hand upholds him.

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¹O 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 land, where no water is;

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

³Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

⁴Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

⁵My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

⁶When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

⁷Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

⁸My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

⁹But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

¹⁰They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

¹¹But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.