III. (J. so I appeared to thee in holy; that I should see thy virtue, and thy glory. I charge it upon thee, this day, that nothing short of this be ever allowed to satisfy thee. 5. Courage for our conflict with our last enemy, death. Verse 2. Matthew Henry wrote that, "Just as the sweetest of Paul's epistles were those sent out from a Roman prison, so some of the sweetest of David's Psalms are those that were penned, as this one was, in the wild desolation of the Dead Sea desert. Ver. "It is our duty to rejoice in the shadow of God's wings. 2. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ebc/psalms-63.html. As the sweetest of Paul’s epistles were those that bore date out of a prison, so some of the sweetest of David’s psalms were those that were penned, as this was, in a wilderness. As Paul himself stated it, "I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course ... to testify the gospel of the grace of God" (Acts 20:24). Nothing can so well express what occurs in such a scene as the words “power” and “glory;” nothing shows more certainly the power of God than that influence which bows down haughty sinners, and makes them humble; which produces a deep stillness and awe in the assembled multitudes; which extorts the cry, “Men and brethren, what must we do to be saved?” which makes hardened men weep, and men long addicted to habits of sin willing to abandon their iniquities, and turn to God: and nothing shows more clearly the “glory” of God than that power, that grace, that mercy, which thus turns multitudes from the ways of sin and death, and directs their feet into the path of peace and salvation. This was what Moses so earnestly longed for, when he prayed to see God's glory: and this was what he enjoyed when the Lord made all his goodness pass before him, and proclaimed himself the Lord, the Lord gracious and merciful; for God's glory is his goodness in Christ; Exodus 33:18-19. We learn, therefore--. .—The transposition of the clauses in the Authorised Version weakens the sense. Render, So (i.e., in this state of religious fervour) in the sanctuary have I had vision of thee in seeing thy might and glory. The authorship and occasion of this psalm are made certain by the fact that the author was a king (Psalms 63:11), who was temporarily denied access to the tabernacle in Jerusalem, and who cried out to God from a parched desert. Young's Literal Translation. 1. So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary - At the tabernacle, amidst the solenm services of divine worship. SUPERSCRIPTION: A PSALM OF DAVID; WHEN HE WAS IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH. Psalm 63:2 (NLT) 1983-1999. This daily newsletter provides a starting point for personal study, and gives valuable insight into the verses that make up the Word of God. See this in the glory and power of our Lord Jesus Christ in all His works of grace so mighty and yet so merciful. 1857. The scene on the day of Pentecost was as striking an exhibition of the power of God as that which goes forth in the fury of the storm, in the raging of the ocean, or in the guidance of the heavenly bodies. R.S.V. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. "In the shadow of thy wings" (Psalms 63:7). Let us wonder and praise. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. And so he desires to be restored to the public ordinances, and to his former enjoyment of them. So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary - At the tabernacle, amidst the solenm services of divine worship. There I have seen your power and your glory. BibliographyTorrey, R. A. All rights reserved. The special object of desire was God‘s perfections as displayed in his worship (Psalm 27:4). BibliographyExell, Joseph S. "Commentary on "Psalms 63:2". Even when so situated, in a wild and hideous solitude, where the very horrors of the place were enough to have distracted his meditations, he exercised himself in beholding the power and glory of God, just as if he had been in the sanctuary. The ark, which is called God’s strength and glory, 1 Samuel 4:21 1 Chronicles 16:11 Psalms 78:61. (c) In this misery I exercise myself in the contemplation of your power and glory, as if I were in the sanctuary. "Those ... shall go into the lower parts of the earth" (Psalms 63:9). “O God, Thou art my God.” It tells of his great joy in God. O God, thou art my God. It deeply affects the heart, it is not a mere subject of speculation, or a creed or a ceremony, but a life. Gordon Churchyard. A.S.V. Psalms 29:9 , "In his temple doth every one speak of his glory;" there it is most visible, affecting, and provoking of every one to speak. Evaluated by any criteria known, David's prophecies here are among the most remarkable in the Bible. To see thy power and thy glory, as I have beheld thee in the sanctuary; So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Commentary on Psalm 63:1,2 (Read Psalm 63:1,2) Early will I seek thee. "O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee. Thus I have seen you in the sanctuary, beholding your strength and glory. And so it is a desire of a supply of the public ordinances, by God’s gracious presence with him in private instead of it; where, supposing his desire (as it was) to be rational and regular in him, there is this exhibited to us in it, that God, in the necessary want and restraint of the public ordinances, is able to make it up to us another way; He can make a wilderness or prison, or sick-chamber, or bed to be a sanctuary, if He so please; yea, He pleases sometimes so to make it; upon which ground David here does desire it as otherwise he could not have done in faith and good assurance of obtaining it. (C. Early in the morning, our song shall rise to thee. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/gsb/psalms-63.html. Its gain is better to them than gold, yea, much fine gold. Which way soever we take it, there is matter of observation in it. And he will seek Him early--in the first morning hour; and first of all, without waiting to seek others first, as we too often do. Thus--literally, "Truly." It is a precious thought that the divine power and glory are not confined in their manifestation to any places or localities; they are to be heard above the roaring of the sea, seen amid the glare of the tempest, felt in the forest and the prairie, and enjoyed wherever there is a heart that longs and thirsts to behold them. . "Commentary on Psalms 63:2". The mystical union subsisting between Christ and his members should be matter of reflection, not only when we sit at the Lord’s table, but at all other times. Either the ark, as the Jewish writers generally interpret it; the symbol of God's presence and glory, and which is called his strength and his glory; see Psalm 78:61; or rather the Lord Christ, who is the power of God, as well as the wisdom of God; by whom he made the world, and upholds it; by whom he has redeemed his people, and keeps and preserves them; and whose power is seen in the efficacy of the word and ordinances: and who is also the glory of God; he is the brightness of his Father's glory; his glory is the glory as of the only begotten of the Father; he has the same glorious nature, perfections, names, homage, and worship; and the glory of all the divine attributes is displayed in the work of salvation and redemption he has wrought out; and this glory is to be seen, through the glass of the word and ordinances, in the house of God.

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