Psalms · 11 verses
Psalms 63
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In the wilderness, David’s soul moves from thirst to a feast without troubling to explain how it got there; the psalm simply changes the weather inside him.
Thirst, memory, and sheltervv. 1–8
David begins in the Wilderness of Judah, where the land is dry and waterless, and his body yearns for God as though God were the missing drink. Yet the next turn is gloriously abrupt: his soul is satisfied with the richest food, his lips praise, and the watches of the night become a place for remembering. He has seen God in the sanctuary, but now sings in the wilderness, clinging to the hand that upholds him and rejoicing beneath the shadow of God’s wings.
The king and the foxesvv. 9–11
Then the psalm turns sharply from inward thirst and nocturnal praise to those who seek David’s life. Their fate is described with grim economy: the depths of the earth, the sword, and finally a portion for foxes. Against them stands the king, rejoicing in God, while liars discover that a shut mouth is the last word permitted them.
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Ps 63:1A 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 body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
Ps 63:2So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
Ps 63:3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
Ps 63:4So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
Ps 63:5My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
Ps 63:6When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
Ps 63:7For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.
Ps 63:8My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
Ps 63:9But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.
Ps 63:10They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
Ps 63:11But 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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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 165 passages were voted onto 11 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 1Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
- 1Psalms 84:2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- 1Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- 3Psalms 69:16Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
- 3Philippians 1:23I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
- 3Psalms 51:15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
- 1Revelation 7:16–17‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
- 8Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
- 1Isaiah 41:18I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
- 6Psalms 42:8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
- 1Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
- 6Psalms 119:147–148I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
- 1John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- 3Hebrews 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- 3Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
- 6Psalms 149:5Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
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