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Psalm 63:1-3
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David wrote this psalm when he was in the Judah wilderness.

A morning song[a]

63 God, you are my God.
    I want to be near to you.
I need you to give me life,
    like a thirsty person in a dry desert.
As a person needs water to live,
    that is how I need you.[b]
2 When I have gone into your temple,
    I have seen what you are like.
I have seen your great power and your glory.
3 Your faithful love for me is better than life itself.
    So I will speak out to praise you.

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Footnotes

  1. 63:1 See 1 Samuel 23—24; 2 Samuel 15:23. David was in a difficult place, far away from the temple in Jerusalem. He still wanted to know that God was near to him.
  2. 63:1 As our bodies need food and drink so that we can live, we also need God to give us spiritual life.
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Psalm 63:1-3
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Psalm 63[a]

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

1 You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,(A)
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water.(B)

2 I have seen you in the sanctuary(C)
    and beheld your power and your glory.(D)
3 Because your love is better than life,(E)
    my lips will glorify you.

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  1. Psalm 63:1 In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.
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