Psalms 63:2

So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.

Young's Literal Translation

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, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou [art] my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.

3Because better [is] Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.

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Cross References

Exodus 33:18And he saith, 'Shew me, I pray Thee, Thine honour;'

1 Chronicles 16:11Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

Psalms 27:4One [thing] I asked of Jehovah — it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple.

Psalms 43:4And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.

Psalms 73:17Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.

Psalms 78:61And He giveth His strength to captivity, 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 →

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