Psalms 63:2

To see thy power and thy glory, as I have beheld thee in the sanctuary;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

In Context

1{A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:

3For thy loving-kindness is better than life: my lips shall praise thee.

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Cross References

Exodus 33:18And he said, Let me, I pray thee, see thy glory.

1 Chronicles 16:11Seek Jehovah and his strength, Seek his face continually;

Psalms 27:4One [thing] have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire [of him] in his temple.

Psalms 43:4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto the God of the gladness of my joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

Psalms 73:17Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end.

Psalms 78:61And gave his strength into captivity, and his glory into the hand of the oppressor;

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 →

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