Verse of the Day

　　

Psalm 63:1

O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

　　

Translations of Today's Verse

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.

English Standard Version

O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

The Message

God - you're my God! I can't get enough of you! I've worked up such hunger and thirst for God, traveling across dry and weary deserts.

New King James Version

O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.

New Living Translation

O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.

　　

Commentary on Today's Verse

Commentary on Psalm 63:1-2

(Read Psalm 63:1-2)

　　Early will I seek thee. The true Christian devotes to God the morning hour. He opens the eyes of his understanding with those of his body, and awakes each morning to righteousness. He arises with a thirst after those comforts which the world cannot give, and has immediate recourse by prayer to the Fountain of the water of life. The true believer is convinced, that nothing in this sinful world can satisfy the wants and desires of his immortal soul; he expects his happiness from God, as his portion. When faith and hope are most in exercise, the world appears a weary desert, and the believer longs for the joys of heaven, of which he has some foretastes in the ordinances of God upon earth.

　　

Psalm 63:1 In-Context

1 In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

　　2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.

　　3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.

　　4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.

　　5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.