In a Dry and Parched Land: Psalm 63

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

David in the wilderness of Judah. Running from Absalom or Saul—scholars debate which flight. It doesn't matter. The desert was real. The thirst was real. And the longing for God was as desperate as the longing for water.

My God. Emphatic, possessive. Not just God—my God. And earnestly I seek you. The Hebrew suggests rising early, searching intently. The whole body longs—not just the mind or heart but the physical frame. In dry places, even the body craves God.

I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.