psalm-63:8-9

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Psalms 63:8

Psalms THIRST AND SATISFACTION Psa_63:1 , Psa_63:5 , Psa_63:8 . It is a wise advice which bids us regard rather what is said than who says it, and there are few regions in which the counsel is more salutary than at present in the study of the Old Testament, and especially the Psalms. This authorship has become a burning question which is only too apt to shut out far more important things. Whoever poured out this sweet meditation in the psalm before us, his tender longings for, and his... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 63:1-11

the Longing Soul Abundantly Satisfied Psalms 63:1-11 Ever since the third century this has been the morning song of the Church. The superscription tells us that it was written in the wilderness of Judah, probably during the events recorded in 2 Samuel 15:23-28 ; 2 Samuel 16:2 ; 2 Samuel 17:16 . Notice the many references to the life of the soul. These are the many considerations of our mortal pilgrimage! My soul thirsteth; my soul longeth; my soul shall be satisfied; my soul followeth hard... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 63:1-11

Here the conviction which has been the inspiration of the two previous psalms reaches a consummation of expression. The song can hardly be divided, for it runs on in a continuous outpouring of praise. The singer is beset by difficulty and sadness, and yet the statement of this at the beginning and at the close, constitutes a background which throws into clearer relief the sure confidence of the soul in God. Beginning with the affirmation, O God, Thou art my God, the singer declares his thirst... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 63:8-10

Because, From Deep Within Him, He Follows Hard After God , God’s Right Hand Upholds Him, So That Those Who Are Seeking To Destroy Him Will Themselves Be Destroyed (Psalms 63:8-10 ). From David’s inner thoughts springs inner action. His inner life follows hard after God. This is why God’s right hand upholds him, and deals firmly with his enemies. Psalms 63:8-10 ‘My inner life follows hard after you, Your right hand upholds me.’ And those who seek my inner life, to destroy it, Will go into the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 63:1-11

LXIII. Written by one who has seen God’ s glory in the Temple and resolved to praise Him all his life. He is confident his enemies will perish. Psalms 63:11 refers to a Hebrew king, possibly Maccabean. The language of the Ps. is late. Psalms 63:1 . Follow mg.— In a dry: read, “ as a dry.” As the parched soil pines for rain, so the Psalmist for union with God. Psalms 63:2 . So: read “ as.”— Place Psalms 63:4 immediately after Psalms 63:2. Psalms 63:6 . When has no apodosis: read “ also.”... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 63:8

Followeth hard after thee, i.e. pursueth thee eagerly, diligently, and resolvedly, and as it were step by step, when thou seemest to run away from me; which is the emphasis of this Hebrew word. My soul and spirit cleaveth to thee, as this verb signifies, Genesis 2:24; Jeremiah 13:11, when my body is absent from thy sanctuary. Upholdeth me: I do not lose my labour in following hard after thee; for though I am not, yet restored to the enjoyment of thy presence in thy house, yet I have present... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 63:9

To destroy it, i.e. to take away my life. Into the lower parts of the earth; either, 1. Into hell. Or rather, 2. Into their grave, as this phrase is used, Ezekiel 31:14,Ezekiel 31:18. But how is this true, when they are supposed to be devoured by foxes, Psalms 63:10? Answ. This may be understood, either, 1. Of divers persons. Some of their slain might be buried, and others lie unburied. Or, 2. Of the same persons; they did go into the earth, but not immediately, but were first devoured of... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 63:1-11

INTRODUCTIONSuperscription.—“A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.” Hengstenberg: “The wilderness of Judah is the whole wilderness towards the east of the tribe of Judah, bounded on the north by the tribe of Benjamin, stretching, southward to the south-west end of the Dead Sea, eastward to the Dead Sea and the Jordan, and westward to the mountains of Judah. This wilderness is not unfrequently designated simply The wilderness. In this wilderness David was often found when... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 63:1-11

Psalms 63:1-11 This Psalm, with its passion of love and mystic rapture, is a monument for us of how the writer's sorrows had brought to him a closer union with God, as our sorrows may do for us, like some treasure washed to our feet by a stormy sea. The key to the arrangement of the Psalm will be found in the threefold recurrence of an emphatic word. In the first verse we read, "My soul thirsteth for Thee;" in the fifth verse, "My soul shall be satisfied;" in the eighth verse, "My soul... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 63:8

DISCOURSE: 601FOLLOWING AFTER GODPsalms 63:8. My soul followeth hard after Thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.IT has been said, that Christian progress is more evinced by desires than by actual attainments. This sentiment is either true or false, according to the explanation given of it. If it be meant that there can be any growth in Christianity without attainments in holiness, or that growth in grace is to be measured by any thing but actual attainments in every part of the divine life, it is... read more