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Wishing to Be Near God

A song of David when he was in the desert of Judah.

63 God, you are my God.
    I want to follow you.
My whole being
    thirsts for you,
like a man in a dry, empty land
    where there is no water.
I have seen you in the Temple.
    I have seen your strength and glory.

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Psalm 63[a]

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,(A)
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water.(B)

I have seen you in the sanctuary(C)
    and beheld your power and your glory.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 63:1 In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.