Psalms 63:2
In like manner as, in the sanctuary, I have had vision of thee, To behold thy power and thy glory.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
In Context
3Because better is thy lovingkindness than life, My lips, aloud shall praise thee!
Cross References
Exodus 33:18And he said,—Show me, I pray thee, thy glory.
1 Chronicles 16:11Search out Yahweh, and his power, Seek diligently his face, at all times.
Psalms 27:4One thing, have I asked of Yahweh, That, will I seek to secure,—That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh, all the days of my life, To view the delightfulness of Yahweh, And to contemplate in his temple.
Psalms 43:4That I may go in unto the altar of God, Unto GOD, mine exultant joy,—That I may praise thee with the lyre, O God—mine own God!
Psalms 73:17Until I could enter the holy places of God,—Could give heed to their hereafter:—
Psalms 78:61Yea he gave up, into captivity, his strength, And his beauty into the hand of an adversary;
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 →