11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 63:1
God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
Psalm 63:1 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
- KJV King James Version
- 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;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- A PSALM OF DAVID, IN HIS BEING IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH. O God, You [are] my God, earnestly I seek You, || My soul has thirsted for You, || My flesh has longed for You, || In a dry and weary land, without waters.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- God, you are my God, I eagerly look for you. I am thirsty for you; all that I am longs for you in this dry, weary, waterless land.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou [art] my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.
- DBY Darby Translation
- O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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;
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 62:1 in this edition
- A psalm of David when he was in the desert of Edom. O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my soul hath thirsted; for thee my flesh, O how many ways!
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִזְמ֥וֹר | miz·mō·wr | A Psalm | H4210 מִזְמוֹר melody |
| לְדָוִ֑ד | lə·ḏā·wiḏ | of David | H1732 דָּוִד David |
| בִּ֝הְיוֹת֗וֹ | bih·yō·w·ṯōw | when he was | H1961 הָיָה to be |
| בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר | bə·miḏ·bar | in the Wilderness | H4057 מִדְבָּר mouth |
| יְהוּדָֽה׃ | yə·hū·ḏāh | of Judah | H3063 יְהוּדָה Judah |
| אֱלֹהִ֤ים׀ | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | O God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| אֵלִ֥י | ’ê·lî | You are my God | H410 אֵל God |
| אַתָּ֗ה | ’at·tāh | You | H859 אַתָּ֫ה you(m.s.) |
| אֲֽשַׁחֲ֫רֶ֥ךָּ | ’ăša·ḥă·re·kā | Earnestly I seek | H7836 שָׁחַר to seek |
| צָמְאָ֬ה | ṣā·mə·’āh | thirsts for You | H6770 צָמֵא to thirst |
| לְךָ֨׀ | lə·ḵā | my | H9005 ל to/for |
| נַפְשִׁ֗י | nap̄·šî | soul | H5315 נֶ֫פֶשׁ soul |
| כָּמַ֣הּ | kā·mah | yearns for You | H3642 כָּמַהּ to pine |
| לְךָ֣ | lə·ḵā | My | H9005 ל to/for |
| בְשָׂרִ֑י | ḇə·śā·rî | body | H1320 בָּשָׂר flesh |
| בְּאֶֽרֶץ־ | bə·’e·reṣ- | land | H776 אֶ֫רֶץ land: country/planet |
| צִיָּ֖ה | ṣî·yāh | in a dry | H6723 צִיָּה dryness |
| וְעָיֵ֣ף | wə·‘ā·yêp̄ | and weary | H5889 עָיֵף faint |
| בְּלִי־ | bə·lî- | without | H1097 בְּלִי without |
| מָֽיִם׃ | mā·yim | water | H4325 מַי water |
Related verses
- Psalm 143:6
I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
- Psalm 84:2
My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- Psalm 42:1–2
As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
- Matthew 6:33
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
- Psalm 91:2
I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
- Revelation 7:16–17
They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
- Isaiah 41:18
I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
- Exodus 15:2
Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Psalm 5:3
Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
- John 7:37
Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
2 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.
3 Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
Read all of Psalm 63 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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