Tuesday October 14th, 2025
Tehilliym (Psalms) 63
A hungry and thirsty soul finds relief in Elohiym.
A Psalm of Da’vid, when he was in the wilderness of Yahudah.
Introduction:
Psalm 63 is a psalm written by Da’vid during his time of exile in the wilderness, likely while fleeing his son Avsalom. It is a psalm of deep devotion and praise, where Da’vid expresses his intense longing for Elohiym, compares his soul’s thirst to a dry land, and reflects on Elohiym’s past help and future deliverance. Despite being in a desperate situation, Da’vid finds satisfaction in seeking Elohiym and trusts that Elohiym will provide and exalt him.
Tehilliym 63 (KJV-YS):
Verses 1-2: Seeking Elohiym First
Insights: Da’vid declares that he will seek Elohiym first thing because he has a strong desire to see Him in His power and glory.
“1. O Elohiym, thou art my El; early will I seek Thee: my soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; 2. To see Thy power and Thy glory, so as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary.”
Cross References:
v-1: “O Elohiym, thou art my El; early will I seek Thee: my soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;”
Shemoth (Exodus) 15:2 – “Yahuah is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation: He is my Elohiym, and I will prepare Him an habitation; my father’s Elohiym, and I will exalt Him.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 42:1-2 – “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O Elohiym. My soul thirsteth for Elohiym, for the living Elohiym: when shall I come and appear before Elohiym?”
Mishlei (Proverbs) 8:17 – “I love them that love Me; and those that seek Me early shall find Me. Riches and honour are with Me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.”
Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 32:1-2 – “Behold, a King shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. And a Man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.”
Yochanon (John) 7:2 & 37 – “Now the Yahudiym (Jews’) Feast of Sukkoth (Feast of Tabernacles) was at hand. In the last day, that great day of the feast, Yahusha stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink.”
Chazon (Revelation) 7:16-17 – “They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and Elohiym shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”
Reflection: The psalms opens with Da’vid showing us how we are to seek Elohiym early. Seeking Him should be the first thing we should do every day just as we seek water and food for our body. Yahusha Ha’Mashiach is the fountain of living waters and the bread from heaven, that once we drink and eat of we will never thirst or hunger again.
v-2: “To see Thy power and Thy glory, so as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary.”
Shemoth (Exodus) 15:2 – “And he said, I beseech thee, shew me Thy glory. And He said, I will make all My goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of Yahuah before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 145:11-12 – “They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, and talk of Thy power; To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom.”
Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 6:1-3 – “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also Yahuah sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphiyms: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Set-apart, set-apart, set-apart , is Yahuah Tseva’oth: the whole earth is full of His glory.”
Yochanon (John) 1:14 – “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
2nd Qorintiym (Corinthians) 4:4-6 –“In whom the elohiym of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious besorah (gospel) of Mashiach, who is the image of Elohiym, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Adonai Mashiach Yahusha; and ourselves your servants for Yahusha’s sake. For Elohiym, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of Elohiym in the face of Yahusha Ha’Mashiach.”
Reflection: We are to seek the beauty and power of Elohiym through His Son Yahusha Ha’Mashiach and to not be blinded by the tricks of the enemy.
Verses 3-4: Elohiym’s Love is Better than Life
Insights: Da’vid declare that Elohiym’s lovingkindness is better to him than life itself and that is why he will continually praise, bless and lift his hands in praise to Elohiym.
“3. Because Thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise Thee. 4. Thus will I bless Thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in Thy name.”
Cross References:
v-3: “Because Thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise Thee.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 69:16 – “Hear me, O Yahuah; for Thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of Thy tender mercies.”
Romaiym (Romans) 12:1 – “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of Elohiym, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, set-apart, acceptable unto Elohiym, which is your reasonable service.”
1st Qorintiym (Corinthians) 6:19-20 –“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of Ruach Ha’Qodesh which is in you, which ye have of Elohiym, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify Elohiym in your body, and in your ruach, which are Elohiym’s.”
Reflection: Da’vid vows to praise Elohiym with his lips because He is more important than life itself to him.
v-4: “Thus will I bless Thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in Thy name.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 104:33-34 – “I will sing unto Yahuah as long as I live: I will sing praise to my Elohiym while I have my being. My meditation of Him shall be sweet: I will be glad in Yahuah.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 145:1-3 – “I will extol thee, my Elohiym, O King; and I will bless Thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless Thee; and I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. Great is Yahuah, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable. ”
Chazon (Revelation) 19:4-5 – “And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped Elohiym that sat on the throne, saying, Amein; Halle-lu-Yah. And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our Elohiym, all ye His servants, and ye that fear Him, both small and great.”
Reflection: We are to praise Elohiym at all times while we are in the land of the living and give all honour and glory to Him and Him alone.
Verses 5-7: Yahuah is Our Help
Insights: Da’vid says that his soul is satisfied with all that Yahuah provides for him and that He is his help.
“5. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise Thee with joyful lips: 6. When I remember Thee upon my bed, and meditate on Thee in the night watches. 7. Because Thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice.”
Cross References:
v-5: “My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise Thee with joyful lips:”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 135:3-5 – “Hallelu-Yah (Praise Yahuah); for Yahuah is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. For Yahuah hath chosen Ya’aqov unto Himself, and Yashar’el for His peculiar treasure. For I know that Yahuah is great, and that our Yahuah is above all elohiym.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 118:14-15 – “Yahuah is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of Yahuah doeth valiantly. ”
Shiyr Li’Shalomah (Song of Solomon ) 1:4 – “Draw me, we will run after Thee: the King hath brought me into His chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in Thee, we will remember Thy love more than wine: the upright love Thee.”
Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 25:6 – “And in this mountain shall Yahuah Tseva’oth make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.”
Reflection: Da’vid declares that the love of Elohiym is like the tenderest meat and that he will praise Elohiym with joyful lips.
v-6: “When I remember Thee upon my bed, and meditate on Thee in the night watches.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 42:8 – “Yet Yahuah will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the Elohiym of my life.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 119:54-55 – “Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. I have remembered Thy name, O Yahuah, in the night, and have guarded Thy Torah. ”
Qiynah (Lamentations) 3:22-26 – “It is of Yahuah’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness. Yahuah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. Yahuah is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahuah.”
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 26:41 – “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the ruach indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. ”
Reflection: When we are in despair during the night wondering about what may come, we should do as Da’vid does and meditate upon Yahuah.
v-7: “Because Thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 54:4 – “Behold, Elohiym is mine helper: Yahuah is with them that uphold my soul.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 61:4 – “I will abide in Thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of Thy wings. Selah.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 121:1-2 – “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from Yahuah, which made heaven and earth.”
2nd Qorintiym (Corinthians) 1:10 –“But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in Elohiym which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that He will yet deliver us;”
Ivriym (Hebrews) 13:6 – “So that we may boldly say, Yahuah is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.”
Reflection: Just as Da’vid knows, we should always know that our help comes from Yahuah and we can always find refuge in Him.
Verse 8: Following Elohiym Alone
Insights: Da’vid acknowledges that He follows Yahuah wherever He leads him because the powe of His right hand upholds him in whatever he goes through as long as he is following Elohiym.
“8. My soul followeth hard after Thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me.”
Cross References:
v-8: “My soul followeth hard after Thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 18:35 – “Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation: and Thy right hand hath holden me up, and Thy gentleness hath made me great. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 94:18 – “When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Yahuah, held me up.”
Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 26:9 – “With my soul have I desired Thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek Thee early: for when Thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.”
Luqas (Luke) 13:24 – “Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.”
Qolasiym (Colossians) 1:29 – “Whereunto I also labour, striving according to His working, which worketh in me mightily.”
Reflection: Because Da’vid constantly followed after Yahuah and obeyed His commandments, Yahuah protected him in all of his journeys throughout life.
Verses 9-10: Punishment for Persecutors of the Righteous
Insights: Da’vid states that all those who seek after the righteous to do them hurt will fall by the same means that they try to persecute others with.
“9. But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. 10. They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.”
Cross References:
v-9: “But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 40:14 – “Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 55:15-16 – “Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. As for me, I will call upon Elohiym; and Yahuah shall save me.”
Reflection: Da’vid reminds us that all who seek to destroy others will have their punishment in the end when they die.
v-10: “They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.”
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 26:52 – “ Then said Yahusha unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. ”
Shiyr Li’Shalomah (Song of Solomon ) 2:15 – “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.”
Yechezq’el (Ezekiel) 13:4 – “ O Yashar’el, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. ”
Luqas (Luke) 13:32 – “ And He said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. ”
Reflection: Those who live by the sword and are sneaky like foxes shall have the same come upon them in the end.
Verse 11: Kings Rejoice in Elohiym
Insights: Da’vid closes the psalm proclaiming that the king will rejoice in Elohiym and all that do what they say for Elohiym will be blessed but those who speak lies will be stopped.
“11. But the king shall rejoice in Elohiym; every one that sweareth by Him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.”
Cross References:
v-11: “But the king shall rejoice in Elohiym; every one that sweareth by Him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.”
Devariym (Deuteronomy) 6:13 – “Thou shalt fear Yahuah Elohaykem, and serve Him, and shalt swear by His name.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 21:1 – “The king shall joy in Thy strength, O Yahuah; and in Thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 31:18 – “Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.”
Romayim (Romans) 3:19 – “Now we know that what things soever the Law saith in the Torah, it saith so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before Elohiym.”
Reflection: The kings of the earth that fear Elohiym will rejoice in Elohiym and theyshall be blessed if they speak the truth but will be stopped if they speak lies.
Conclusion:
Psalm 63 expresses deep spiritual satisfaction and trust in Elohiym, even amidst difficult “wilderness” circumstances. The psalmist, Da’vid, transitions from a state of intense longing for Elohiym to finding contentment in Elohiym’s presence, declaring that Elohiym’s love is more valuable than life itself. Ultimately, the psalm is a testament to how a soul can find true and lasting satisfaction in Elohiym, leading to a lifelong commitment of praise and a confident hope in Elohiym’s justice against.