Psalm Chapter 63 - A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah

Psalm 63: Thirst as a Form of Worship

David writes this in the actual wilderness — not the metaphorical kind we like to use in sermons, but the kind with sand in your sandals and no water for miles. And the first thing he does, parched, is praise. "My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is." Notice the daring: he does not pray for water. He turns his thirst itself into the prayer. And then comes the astonishing reversal: "My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness." The man with no food describes himself as feasting. This is not denial; it is the very opposite — it is the discovery that there is a hunger which, when honestly named, is already its own kind of feeding. The wilderness has not stopped him from worshipping. The wilderness has clarified what he was thirsty for all along.

00:00 O God, Thou Art My God
00:15 In a Dry and Thirsty Land
00:30 Thy Lovingkindness Better Than Life
00:45 Marrow and Fatness
01:00 Meditation in the Night Watches
01:15 The Shadow of Thy Wings
01:30 My Soul Followeth Hard After Thee