Psalms 63

Treated in 25 passages across the library.

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  1. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of the peculiar and distinct communion which the saints have with the Father cites Ps. lxiii. 3

    …saith the psalmist, “is better than life; therefore will I praise thee,” Ps. lxiii. 3. “Than life,” מֵחַיִּים, — before lives. I will not deny but life in a single…

  2. The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer · Ochorus Originals

    A Man of God cites PSALM 63:1

    …for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. PSALM 63:1 A farm in the hills. Aiden Wilson Tozer was born on the twenty-first of April, 1897, in…

  3. The Key Teachings of E. M. Bounds · Ochorus Originals

    Before the Town Was Awake cites PSALM 63:1

    …for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; PSALM 63:1 The books. Out of those mornings came the books. In 1907 he published a short work for…

  4. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    An exhortation to love God cites Psalm lxiii. 1

    …so deeply enamoured with Him. Labour for an interest in God. “O God, thou art my God” (Psalm lxiii. 1). That pronoun 'my', is a sweet loadstone to love; a man loves that which is his own. The…

  5. The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer · Ochorus Originals

    The Pursuit of God cites PSALM 63:8

    My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. PSALM 63:8 Every one of Tozer’s books is, in the end, about one thing, and the title of his most…

  6. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The worst things work for good to the godly cites Psalm lxiii. 3

    …saints prize God’s countenance more than ever. “Thy loving-kindness is better than life” (Psalm lxiii. 3). Yet the commonness of this mercy lessens it in our esteem. When pearls grew common at…

  7. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites Psa 63: 8

    …God will take any pains for the fruition of him. ‘My soul followeth hard after thee.’ Psa 63: 8. Love is pondus animae [the pendulum of the soul]. Augustine. It is as the weight which…

  8. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Psa 63: 1

    …us, and shall not we rise early to worship and glorify him? ‘Early will I seek thee.’ Psa 63: 1. Can we be up betimes on other days? The husband man is early at his plough, the…

  9. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    May cites Psa. lxiii. 1

    May 1 Thou art my God: early will I seek Thee. Psa. lxiii. 1. In a world where there is so much to ruffle the spirit's plumes, how needful that…

  10. The Key Teachings of E. M. Bounds · Ochorus Originals

    Early on Their Knees cites PSALM 63:1

    …for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; PSALM 63:1 He also saw that the practice feeds the desire. Getting up gives desire room to grow…

  11. The Pursuit of God · A. W. Tozer

    Following Hard after God cites Psa. 63:8

    My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.—Psa. 63:8 Christian theology teaches the doctrine of prevenient grace, which briefly stated means…

  12. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Ps. 63:3

    …of God experienced by the pious heart is sweeter and more to be desired than life itself (Ps. 63:3). In short, if we have every earthly comfort to a wish, but are uncertain whether we have…

  13. The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo · Ochorus Originals

    Introduction cites PSALM 63:1

    …for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. PSALM 63:1 There is hardly a Christian alive whose faith has not been shaped by Augustine of Hippo…

  14. The Key Teachings of Hudson Taylor · Ochorus Originals

    The Unsatisfied Life cites PSALM 63:1

    …for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. PSALM 63:1 The unsurrendered will The Bridegroom is not reluctant. He is waiting all the time, and…

  15. The Pursuit of God (For Teens) · A. W. Tozer

    I Want to Want Thee cites Psalm 63:8

    “My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.” — Psalm 63:8 (KJV) Tozer's first chapter starts with a surprise. You might think the pursuit of God…

  16. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    May cites Psa 63:1

    …for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and weary land, where no water is.”— Psa 63:1. THE LONGING of the soul for God only makes itself felt when all lesser delights and…

  17. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    August cites Psa 63:8

    …THE GROWTH OF THE SOUL “My soul followeth hard after Thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me.”— Psa 63:8. THERE ARE three notes in this Psalm which betoken the stages of the soul's growth: “My…

  18. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    December cites Psa 63:1

    …for Thee; my flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is.”— Psa 63:1. THIS PSALM has a special fascination for those who can no longer gather with the…

  19. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    Why Can’t I Feel God? cites Psalm 63:1

    …“my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water” (Psalm 63:1). Another psalm-writer prayed all night and got nothing back: “my soul refused to be…

  20. Lectures to My Students · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Our Public Prayer cites Psalm lxiii. 3

    …the term life is used in altogether different, and even incompatible senses, namely, Psalm lxiii. 3, 'Thy lovingkindness is better than life,' where, evidently, life means the present…

  21. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Marks of the New Birth cites Psalm 63:5

    …“satisfied as with marrow and fatness, while their mouth praiseth him with joyful lips.” (Psalm 63:5.) 2. And, in this sense also, “every one who loveth him that begat, loveth him that is…

  22. George Müller of Bristol · Arthur T. Pierson

    The Word of God and Prayer cites Psalm lxiii. 4

    …thus complete he instinctively felt that he would speedily be restored to health. * Psalm lxiii. 4, 8, 11. Subsequently, in reading Proverbs iii. 5-12, he was struck with the words…

  23. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Holiness cites Psalm lxiii. 8

    …feeling, when he says, “My soul followeth hard after Thee.” “Thou art my portion.” (Psalm lxiii. 8; cxix. 57.) Such is the outline of holiness which I venture to sketch out. Such is the…

  24. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Man's Chief End cites Psalm 63:2

    …to enjoy God’s presence in the ordinances is that which a gracious heart aspires after. Psalm 63:2. ‘To see thy glory so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.’ This sweet enjoyment of God…

  25. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Adoption cites Psalm 63:3

    …‘My soul thirsteth for thee, to see thy glory so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.’ Psalm 63:3, 2. Such as disregard ordinances are not God’s children, because they care not to be in…