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Psa 63:1 — [[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.]] O 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;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 2943. B.C. 1061.
(Title) when		1Sa 22:5; 1Sa 23:14-16,23-25; 1Sa 26:1-3; 2Sa 15:28
thou		Psa 31:14; Psa 42:11; Psa 91:2; Psa 118:28; Psa 143:10; Exd 15:2; Jer 31:1,33; Zec 13:9; Jhn 20:17
early		Psa 5:3; Psa 78:34; Job 8:5; Pro 1:27,28; Pro 8:17; Sgs 3:1-3; Hsa 5:15; Mat 6:33
soul		Psa 42:1,2; Psa 84:2; Psa 119:81; Psa 143:6; Jhn 7:37; Rev 7:16,17
flesh		Psa 102:3-5; Sgs 5:8
dry and thirsty land, where no water is		Heb. weary land without water. Exd 17:3; Isa 32:2; Isa 35:7; Isa 41:18; Mat 12:43

Correlating Passages

(Title) when

	1Sa 22:5	And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
	1Sa 23:14	And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
	1Sa 23:15	And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David [was] in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
	1Sa 23:16	And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
	1Sa 23:23	See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
	1Sa 23:24	And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men [were] in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
	1Sa 23:25	Saul also and his men went to seek [him]. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
	1Sa 26:1	And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, [which is] before Jeshimon?
	1Sa 26:2	Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
	1Sa 26:3	And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which [is] before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
	2Sa 15:28	See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.

thou

	Psa 31:14	But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my God.
	Psa 42:11	Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
	Psa 91:2	I will say of the LORD, [He is] my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
	Psa 118:28	Thou [art] my God, and I will praise thee: [thou art] my God, I will exalt thee.
	Psa 143:10	Teach me to do thy will; for thou [art] my God: thy spirit [is] good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
	Exd 15:2	The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
	Jer 31:1	At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
	Jer 31:33	But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
	Zec 13:9	And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.
	Jhn 20:17	Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and [to] my God, and your God.

early

	Psa 5:3	My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up.
	Psa 78:34	When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
	Job 8:5	If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
	Pro 1:27	When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
	Pro 1:28	Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
	Pro 8:17	I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
	Sgs 3:1	By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
	Sgs 3:2	I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
	Sgs 3:3	The watchmen that go about the city found me: [to whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
	Hsa 5:15	I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
	Mat 6:33	But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

soul

	Psa 42:1	[[To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.]] As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
	Psa 42:2	My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
	Psa 84:2	My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
	Psa 119:81	CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.
	Psa 143:6	I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
	Jhn 7:37	In the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
	Rev 7:16	They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
	Rev 7:17	For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

flesh

	Psa 102:3	For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
	Psa 102:4	My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
	Psa 102:5	By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
	Sgs 5:8	I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick of love.

dry and thirsty land, where no water is

	Exd 17:3	And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore [is] this [that] thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
	Isa 32:2	And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
	Isa 35:7	And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, [shall be] grass with reeds and rushes.
	Isa 41:18	I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
	Mat 12:43	When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 63:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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