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1A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek{H8762)} thee: my soul thirsteth{H8804)} for thee, my flesh longeth{H8804)} for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Psalms 63:1

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 1-2)

The title tells us when the psalm was penned, when David was in the wilderness of Judah ; that is, in the forest of Hareth (1 Sam. 22:5) or in the wilderness of Ziph , 1 Sam. 23:15. 1. Even in Canaan, though a fruitful land and the people numerous, yet there were wildernesses, places less fruitful and less inhabited than other places. It will be so in the world, in the church, but not in heaven; t...

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