PSALM 63:1

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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;”

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Psalm 63:1 Translation & Meaning

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O God, אֱלֹהִ֤ים׀ 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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative O God
thou אַתָּ֗ה Thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you thou
art (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
my God; אֵלִ֥י Strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity) God
early will I seek אֲֽשַׁ֫חֲרֶ֥ךָּ Properly, to dawn, i.e., (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking) early seek
thee: my soul נַפְשִׁ֗י Properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) soul
thirsteth צָמְאָ֬ה To thirst (literally or figuratively) thirsteth
for thee, my flesh בְשָׂרִ֑י Flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man flesh
longeth כָּמַ֣הּ To pine after longeth
for thee in a dry צִיָּ֖ה Aridity; concretely, a desert dry
and thirsty וְעָיֵ֣ף Languid thirsty
land, בְּאֶֽרֶץ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
where no בְּלִי Properly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc no
water מָֽיִם׃ Water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen water
is; מָֽיִם׃ Water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen is

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  • 1  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;

  • 2  To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

  • 3  Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.



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