Psalm 63:1

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"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;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

O

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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thou art my

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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שָׁכַם

shâkam

H7925

literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning

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will I

בָּקַשׁ

bâqash

H1245

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

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thee my

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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צָמֵא

tsâmêʼ

H6770

to thirst (literally or figuratively)

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for thee my

בָּשָׂר

bâsâr

H1320

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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חָשַׁק

châshaq

H2836

to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver

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for thee in a

יַבָּשָׁה

yabbâshâh

H3004

dry ground

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and

עָיֵף

ʻâyêph

H5889

languid

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אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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where no

מַיִם

mayim

H4325

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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is

Key Terms in This Verse

thirsteth H6770

צָמֵא tsâmêʼ

to thirst (literally or figuratively)

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longeth H2836

חָשַׁק châshaq

to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver

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thirsty H5889

עָיֵף ʻâyêph

languid

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dry H3004

יַבָּשָׁה yabbâshâh

dry ground

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early H7925

שָׁכַם shâkam

literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning

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seek H1245

בָּקַשׁ bâqash

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

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water H4325

מַיִם mayim

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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flesh H1320

בָּשָׂר bâsâr

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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soul H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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land H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Cross References

Psalm 143:6 cross-reference

I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Psalm 84:2 cross-reference

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Matthew 6:33 cross-reference

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Psalm 91:2 cross-reference

I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Isaiah 41:18 cross-reference

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.

Exodus 15:2 cross-reference

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.

Psalm 5:3 cross-reference

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

Psalm 118:28 cross-reference

Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.

John 7:37 cross-reference

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.

Psalm 143:10 cross-reference

Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

Proverbs 8:17 cross-reference

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

1 Samuel 22:5 cross-reference

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.

Zechariah 13:9 cross-reference

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 ...

Hosea 5:15 cross-reference

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.

Jeremiah 31:1 cross-reference

At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

Psalm 31:14 cross-reference

But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.

Job 8:5 cross-reference

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

Psalm 78:34 cross-reference

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

Psalm 42:11 cross-reference

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.

Jeremiah 31:33 cross-reference

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...

Isaiah 35:7 cross-reference

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.

John 20:17 cross-reference

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.

Exodus 17:3 cross-reference

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 t...

Psalm 119:81 cross-reference

My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

Song of Solomon 5:8 cross-reference

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

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