אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ אֵלִ֥י אַתָּ֗ה אֲֽשַׁחֲ֫רֶ֥ךָּ צָמְאָ֬ה לְךָ֨ ׀ נַפְשִׁ֗י כָּמַ֣הּ לְךָ֣ בְשָׂרִ֑י בְּאֶֽרֶץ־צִיָּ֖ה וְעָיֵ֣ף בְּלִי־מָֽיִם׃
O Diyos, Ikaw ang aking Diyos, hahanapin Kita nang buong pananabik; nauuhaw sa Iyo ang aking kaluluwa, nananabik sa Iyo ang aking katawan, sa isang tuyo at tigang na lupain na walang tubig.
Midrash Tehillim
"My God, I seek You early. This is what the scripture says (Proverbs 8:17), 'I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.' The Torah says, 'I love those who love me,' meaning that whoever loves God, God loves him back. David, because he loved God, God loved him back and because he sought God early, God found him. 'O God, You are my God; early will I seek You' (Psalm 63:1)."
Midrash Tehillim
My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you in a dry and weary land where there is no water. This is Edom. A serpent has a friend, and a fiery serpent has a companion, but a thirsty person has no friend. Similarly, this wicked one has no friend. Therefore, she is in a dry and desolate land, and our souls are weary for the words of Torah, and we cannot be left alone. As it is said, "The poor and needy seek water, and there is none; their tongues fail for thirst. I, the Lord, will hear them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them." (Isaiah 41:17)
Bereshit Rabbah
“And, behold, the Lord was standing over him, and said: I am the Lord, God of Abraham your father, and God of Isaac. The land upon which you lie, to you I will give it, and to your descendants” (Genesis 28:13).
“And, behold, the Lord was standing over him, and said: I am the Lord…” – Rabbi Yosei bar Zimra began: “My flesh yearns for You, in a parched and thirsty land without water” (Psalms 63:2). Rabbi Elazar in the name of Rabbi Yosei bar Zimra: “My soul thirsts for You…yearns [kama] for You” (Psalms 63:2) – like these truffles1This is referring to a fungus which grows mainly underground. that long for water. The Rabbis say: Just as my soul thirsts for You, so, too, my two hundred and forty-eight limbs thirst for You. Where? “In a parched and thirsty land without water.” “Indeed, in the Sanctuary I have seen You” (Psalms 63:3) – in sanctity I have seen You; “beholding Your power” (Psalms 63:3) – this is Your entourage; “and Your glory” (Psalms 63:3) – “and, behold, the Lord was standing over him.”
“And, behold, the Lord was standing over him, and said: I am the Lord…” – Rabbi Yosei bar Zimra began: “My flesh yearns for You, in a parched and thirsty land without water” (Psalms 63:2). Rabbi Elazar in the name of Rabbi Yosei bar Zimra: “My soul thirsts for You…yearns [kama] for You” (Psalms 63:2) – like these truffles1This is referring to a fungus which grows mainly underground. that long for water. The Rabbis say: Just as my soul thirsts for You, so, too, my two hundred and forty-eight limbs thirst for You. Where? “In a parched and thirsty land without water.” “Indeed, in the Sanctuary I have seen You” (Psalms 63:3) – in sanctity I have seen You; “beholding Your power” (Psalms 63:3) – this is Your entourage; “and Your glory” (Psalms 63:3) – “and, behold, the Lord was standing over him.”