Psalms 63:1

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A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek{H8762)} thee: my soul thirsteth{H8804)} for thee, my flesh longeth{H8804)} for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

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Ps 84:2 : 2 My soul longeth{H8738)}, yea, even fainteth{H8804)} for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out{H8762)} for the living God.
Ps 143:6 : 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Ps 42:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, Maschil{H8688)}, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth{H8799)} after the water brooks, so panteth{H8799)} my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth{H8804)} for God, for the living God: when shall I come{H8799)} and appear{H8735)} before God?
Exod 15:2 : 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.
Isa 41:18 : 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.
Jer 31:1 : 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.
Ps 118:28 : 28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
Ps 31:14 : 14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
Ps 119:81 : 81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Isa 32:2 : 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 : 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.
Jer 31:33 : 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.
Hos 5:15 : 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.
Zech 13:9 : 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.
Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matt 12:43 : 43 {G1161} When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
1 Sam 22:5 : 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.
1 Sam 26:1-3 : 1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? 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. 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.
Job 8:5 : 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Ps 5:3 : 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.
Ps 42:11 : 11 Why art thou cast down{H8709)}, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted{H8799)} within me? hope{H8685)} thou in God: for I shall yet praise{H8686)} him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Ps 78:34 : 34 When he slew{H8804)} them, then they sought{H8804)} him: and they returned{H8804)} and enquired early{H8765)} after God.
Ps 91:2 : 2 I will say{H8799)} of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust{H8799)}.
Ps 102:3-5 : 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Ps 143:10 : 10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
Prov 1:27-28 : 27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Prov 8:17 : 17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Song 3:1-3 : 1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 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. 3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
1 Sam 23:14-16 : 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. 15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. 16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
1 Sam 23:23-25 : 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. 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. 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.
Exod 17:3 : 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?
John 7:37 : 37 {G1161} 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.
John 20:17 : 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.
Rev 7:16-17 : 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 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.
2 Sam 15:28 : 28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
Song 5:8 : 8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 143:6-8
3 verses
84%
6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
7Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Ps 42:1-3
3 verses
83%
1To the chief Musician{H8764)}, Maschil{H8688)}, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth{H8799)} after the water brooks, so panteth{H8799)} my soul after thee, O God.
2My soul thirsteth{H8804)} for God, for the living God: when shall I come{H8799)} and appear{H8735)} before God?
3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say{H8800)} unto me, Where is thy God?
Ps 63:2-3
2 verses
79%
2To see{H8800)} thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen{H8804)} thee in the sanctuary.
3Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise{H8762)} thee.
Ps 84:2
78%
2My soul longeth{H8738)}, yea, even fainteth{H8804)} for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out{H8762)} for the living God.
Ps 69:3
76%
3I am weary{H8804)} of my crying{H8800)}: my throat is dried{H8738)}: mine eyes fail{H8804)} while I wait{H8764)} for my God.
Isa 26:9
75%
9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Ps 63:5-8
4 verses
75%
5My soul shall be satisfied{H8799)} as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise{H8762)} thee with joyful lips:
6When I remember{H8804)} thee upon my bed, and meditate{H8799)} on thee in the night watches.
7Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice{H8762)}.
8My soul followeth hard{H8804)} after thee: thy right hand upholdeth{H8804)} me.
Ps 61:1-2
2 verses
74%
1To the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. Hear{H8798)} my cry, O God; attend{H8685)} unto my prayer.
2From the end of the earth will I cry{H8799)} unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed{H8800)}: lead{H8686)} me to the rock that is higher{H8799)} than I.
Ps 27:8
73%
8When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
Ps 73:25
73%
25Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire{H8804)} beside thee.
Ps 140:6
73%
6I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
Isa 63:15
72%
15Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Hos 13:5
72%
5I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
Ps 119:25
72%
25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
Ps 119:131
72%
131I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Ps 22:15
72%
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Ps 5:2-3
2 verses
71%
2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Ps 77:2
71%
2In the day of my trouble I sought{H8804)} the Lord: my sore ran{H8738)} in the night, and ceased{H8799)} not: my soul refused{H8765)} to be comforted{H8736)}.
Ps 62:1
71%
1To the chief Musician{H8764)}, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
Ps 32:4
71%
4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Ps 141:1
71%
1A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
Song 3:1
71%
1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Ps 107:5
71%
5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Ps 38:9
71%
9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
Ps 119:20
71%
20My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
Ps 69:1
71%
1To the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save{H8685)} me, O God; for the waters are come{H8804)} in unto my soul.
Ps 16:1
71%
1Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
Ps 43:4
71%
4Then will I go{H8799)} unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise{H8686)} thee, O God my God.
Ps 119:10
71%
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Ps 43:1-2
2 verses
70%
1Judge{H8798)} me, O God, and plead{H8798)} my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver{H8762)} me from the deceitful and unjust man.
2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off{H8804)}? why go{H8691)} I mourning{H8802)} because of the oppression of the enemy{H8802)}?
Ps 6:3
70%
3My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
Ps 119:40
70%
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 102:5
70%
5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Ps 130:6
70%
6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Ps 17:6
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6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
Ps 22:1
70%
1To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Ps 130:1
70%
1A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
Ps 70:1
70%
1To the chief Musician{H8764)}, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance{H8687)}. Make haste, O God, to deliver{H8687)} me; make haste{H8798)} to help me, O LORD.
Isa 41:17
70%
17When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.