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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 63:1-11

The psalm is made up of five short stanzas—the first four consisting of two verses each, and the last of three. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 63:1-11

Soul thirst. We may imagine the psalmist in the wilderness. It is night. He stands at his tent door. The light of moon and stars falls on a sandy waste stretching into dimness and mystery. He is lonely and sad. The emptiness of all around and the memory of better times breed a great longing in his soul. It is not as if it were something new and strange, rather it is the revival of the deepest and strongest cravings of his heart, that as he muses gather force and intensity, and must express... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 63:2

To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. This is the form which the longing takes—to see God once more worshipped in the sanctuary in all the "beauty of holiness," as he had so often seen him previously. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 63:1

O God, thou art my God - The words here rendered God are not the same in the original. The first one - אלהים 'Elohiym - is in the plural number, and is the word which is usually employed to designate God Genesis 1:1; the second - אל 'Êl - is a word which is very often applied to God with the idea of strength - a strong, a mighty One; and there is probably this underlying idea here, that God was the source of his strength, or that in speaking of God as his God, he was conscious of referring to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 63:2

To see thy power and thy glory - The reference here is to what was manifested of the presence and the power of God in the services of public worship; the praises, the prayers, the rejoicings, the evidences of the divine presence.So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary - At the tabernacle, amidst the solenm services of divine worship. There seems to be no reason for supposing that he here refers to the mere external pomp and splendor of public worship, but he doubtless includes the power of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 63:1

Psalms 63:1. O God O thou who art God, and the only living and true God, the author and end of all things, the Governor and Judge of men and angels, and the sole object of their worship; thou art my God Mine by creation, and therefore my rightful owner and ruler; mine by covenant and my own consent, and therefore the object of my highest esteem, most fervent desire, and most entire trust and confidence. Early will I seek thee Which clause is all expressed in one word in the Hebrew,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 63:2

Psalms 63:2. To see To enjoy, as seeing often means; thy power and glory The powerful and glorious effects and evidences of thy gracious presence: to see them here in this wilderness, as I have seen them in the tabernacle; to see them in secret, as I have seen them in the solemn assembly: or, to see them again in the sanctuary, as I have formerly seen them there. He longs to be brought out of this wilderness, not that he might see his friends again, and be restored to the pleasures and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 63:1-11

Psalms 61-64 Longing for GodFar from home, weary, depressed and in danger, David seeks refuge and refreshment with God. He trusts that God will bring him safely back to Jerusalem and give him the strength to carry out his promise to lead God’s people in God’s ways (61:1-5). The people with him add their support to his request (6-7), and David responds that he will always remain faithful to his task (8).God alone is the strength of David’s assurance (62:1-2). David’s enemies think they can ruin... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 63:1

Title. A Psalm. Hebrew. mizmor. App-65 . when, &c. See 1 Samuel 22:5 ; 1 Samuel 23:14-16 . My soul = I myself. Hebrew. nephesh. longeth = fainteth. Occurs nowhere else. In. Some codices, with Syriac, read "like". thirsty = weary. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 63:1

PSALM 63DAVID'S CRY TO GOD FROM THE DESERTSUPERSCRIPTION: A PSALM OF DAVID; WHEN HE WAS IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH.This is a very beautiful psalm of devotion to God. Matthew Henry wrote that, "Just as the sweetest of Paul's epistles were those sent out from a Roman prison, so some of the sweetest of David's Psalms are those that were penned, as this one was, in the wild desolation of the Dead Sea desert."[1]All but the timid scholars agree with Rawlinson who wrote: "All the indications agree... read more

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