Psalms 63:2
\63:1\O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
In Context
1A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.
3\63:2\To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place.
Cross References
Exodus 33:18And Moses said, O Lord, let me see your glory.
1 Chronicles 16:11Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.
Psalms 27:4One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.
Psalms 43:4Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.
Psalms 73:17Till I went into God's holy place, and saw the end of the evil-doers.
Psalms 78:61And he let his strength be taken prisoner, and gave his glory into the hands of his hater.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 63:2-3
Devout Affections. 1 O God, thou art my God; 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. The title tells us when the psalm was penned, when David was in the wilderness of Judah; that is, in the forest of Hareth ( 1 Sam. xxii. 5 ) or in the wilderness of Ziph, 1 Sam. xxiii. 15 . 1. Even in Canaan, though a fruitful land and the people numerous, yet there were… Read the whole commentary →