Psalms 63:2
O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my soul hath thirsted; for thee my flesh, O how many ways!
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 desert of Edom.
Cross References
Exodus 33:18And he said: Shew me thy glory.
1 Chronicles 16:11Seek ye the Lord, and his power: seek ye his face evermore.
Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.
Psalms 43:4And I will go in to the altar of God : to God who giveth joy to my youth.
Psalms 73:17Until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand concerning their last ends.
Psalms 78:61And he delivered their strength into captivity: and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.
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 →