Psalms 63:1 meaning and explanation

A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

Psalms 63:1, Berean Standard Bible

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The heading sets this psalm in David's time in the Wilderness of Judah, the dry hill country east of Jerusalem, when he was a fugitive. David speaks directly to God, and the doubled "my God" expresses personal trust rather than distant belief.

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