1 A psalm of David, when he was in the Judean desert. God, you are my God, I eagerly look for you. I am thirsty for you; all that I am longs for you in this dry, weary, waterless land. 2 I see you in the Temple; I watch your power and glory. 3 Your trustworthy love is better than life itself; I will praise you. 4 I will thank you as long as I live; I lift up my hands as I celebrate your wonderful character. 5 You satisfy me more than the richest food; I will praise you with joyful songs. 6 I think of you all night long as I lie on my bed meditating about you. 7 For you are the one who helps me; I sing happily from under your wings. 8 I hold on to you; your strong arms lift me up. 9 Those who are trying to destroy me will go down into the grave. 10 They will be killed by the sword; they will become food for jackals. 11 But the king will be happy for what God has done. All who follow God will praise him, but those who tell lies will be silenced.
Psalm 63 Free Bible Version
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (11)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 143:6; Psalm 84:2; Psalm 42:1–2; Matthew 6:33; Psalm 91:2
- 2 Psalm 27:4; Psalm 105:4; Psalm 84:2–11; Psalm 96:6; 2 Corinthians 4:4–6
- 3 Philippians 1:23; Psalm 51:15; Psalm 69:16; Hebrews 13:15; Psalm 30:5
- 4 Psalm 104:33; Psalm 134:2; Psalm 28:2; 1 Kings 8:22–66; Psalm 145:1–3
- 5 Psalm 36:7–9; Isaiah 25:6; Psalm 17:15; Psalm 43:4; Ezra 3:11–13
- 6 Psalm 42:8; Psalm 119:147–148; Psalm 149:5; Psalm 119:55; Psalm 139:17–18
- 7 2 Corinthians 1:10; Psalm 61:4; Psalm 27:9; Psalm 54:3–4; Psalm 17:8
- 8 Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 73:23; Psalm 18:35; Song of Songs 2:6; Psalm 37:24
- 9 Psalm 55:15; Psalm 9:17; Psalm 40:14; 1 Samuel 25:29; Isaiah 14:19
- 10 Jeremiah 18:21; Ezekiel 39:4; Ezekiel 35:5; 1 Samuel 26:10; Ezekiel 39:17–20
- 11 Deuteronomy 6:13; Psalm 21:1; Isaiah 45:23; Isaiah 65:16; Romans 3:19
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The title of it is, "Unto the end, in behalf of Idithun, a Psalm to David himself." I recollect that already to you hath been explained what Idithun is....Let us see how far he hath leaped over, and whom he hath "leaped over," and in what place, though he hath leaped over certain men, he is situate, whence as from …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
39. But "because Thy loving-kindness is better than life," behold, my life is but a distraction, and Thy right hand upheld me in my Lord, the Son of man, the Mediator between Thee, The One, and us the many,--in many distractions amid many things,--that through Him I may apprehend in whom I have been apprehended, and may be recollected from …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
But "because Thy loving-kindness is better than life," behold, my life is but a distraction, and Thy right hand upheld me in my Lord, the Son of man, the Mediator between Thee, The One, and us the many,--in many distractions amid many things,--that through Him I may apprehend in whom I have been apprehended, and may be recollected from my …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Therefore unto Thee is my soul as "land where no water is," because as it cannot of itself enlighten itself, so it cannot of itself satisfy itself.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)