Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.

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Psalm 63

What should I learn from this chapter?

• David compares his life to a dry hot desert and God to His desire for water.

Joy in the Fellowship of God

A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

Psalm 63:¹ O God (‘ĕlōhîm), You are my God (‘ĕlōhîm);
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.

• John 7:38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
• John 4:14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
• John 6:35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

Psalm 63:² So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.

• A sanctuary is a place of relief.

Psalm 63:³ Because Your loving kindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise You.

Psalm 63:⁴ Thus I will bless You while I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.

Psalm 63:⁵ My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow (Lit. fat) and fatness (Abundance),
And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.

Psalm 63:⁶ When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You in the night watches.

Psalm 63:⁷ Because You have been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.

• ^{Psalm 17:8 Keep me as the apple of Your eye; Hide me under the shadow of Your wings.}
• ^{Psalm 36:7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.}
• ^{Psalm 57:1 Prayer for Safety from Enemies – Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, Until these calamities have passed by.}
• ^{Psalm 63:7 Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.}

Psalm 63:⁸ My soul follows close behind You;
Your right hand upholds me.

Psalm 63:⁹ But those who seek my life, to destroy it,
Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

• Ephesians 4:9 (Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?)

Psalm 63:¹⁰ They shall fall by the sword (Lit. pour him out by the hand of the sword);
They shall be a portion (prey) for jackals (desert dragons).

• Possibly desert monitors who are voracious meat eaters.

Psalm 63:¹¹ But the king shall rejoice in God (‘ĕlōhîm);
Everyone who swears by Him shall glory;
But the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.

• Lies are like pimples. Eventually they surface and the pus is revealed.