Psalms 63:1
“A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.” O God! thou art my God! earnestly do I seek thee! My soul thirsteth, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry, thirsty land. where is no water!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2Thus I look toward thee in thy sanctuary, To behold thy power and thy glory!
Cross References
Psalms 5:3In the morning shalt thou hear my voice, O LORD! In the morning will I address my prayer to thee, and look for help.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 63:1
This psalm has in it as much of warmth and lively devotion as any of David's psalms in so little a compass. As the sweetest of Paul's epistles were those that bore date out of a prison, so some of the sweetest of David's psalms were those that were penned, as this was, in a wilderness. That which grieved him most in his banishment was the want of public ordinances; these he here longs to be restored to the enjoyment of; and the present want did but whet his appetite. Yet it is not the ordinances, but the God of… Read the whole commentary →