_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;_ Psalms 63:1.-Two divisions; each begins with his soul-thirst for God in his exile from holy ordinances (Psalms 63:1; Psalms 63:6); in each follows his... [ Continue Reading ]
_TO SEE THY POWER AND THY GLORY, SO AS I HAVE SEEN THEE IN THE SANCTUARY._ To see thy power and thy glory, so (as) I have seen thee in the sanctuary - literally, 'so in the sanctuary I have beheld thee, that I may see thy power and thy glory.' Thus "to see," or 'that I may see thy power,' follows ... [ Continue Reading ]
_BECAUSE THY LOVINGKINDNESS IS BETTER THAN LIFE, MY LIPS SHALL PRAISE THEE._ Because thy loving-kindness (is) better than life. This gives the reason why he so eagerly thirsts after God, and after the ordinances of the sanctuary-namely, because in the land of the people of the covenant, God's "lovi... [ Continue Reading ]
_THUS WILL I BLESS THEE WHILE I LIVE: I WILL LIFT UP MY HANDS IN THY NAME._ Thus will I bless thee while I live - literally, in my lives - i:e., on my restoration to the good things of life, as well as to what I prize far more-thy loving-kindness revealed in thy sanctuary-I will bless thee with all... [ Continue Reading ]
_MY SOUL SHALL BE SATISFIED AS WITH MARROW AND FATNESS; AND MY MOUTH SHALL PRAISE THEE WITH JOYFUL LIPS:_ My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness - I shall enjoy a spiritual feast of good things, when I shall have been restored (cf. Psalms 23:5; Isaiah 25:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN I REMEMBER THEE UPON MY BED, AND MEDITATE ON THEE IN THE NIGHT WATCHES._ -Second strophe. His hearty desire after God even now in his banishment, whence follows the confident hope of the destruction of his enemies who banished him. Verse 6. WHEN I REMEMBER THEE UPON MY BED, (AND) MEDITATE ON... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE KING SHALL REJOICE IN GOD; EVERY ONE THAT SWEARETH BY HIM SHALL GLORY: BUT THE MOUTH OF THEM THAT SPEAK LIES SHALL BE STOPPED._ But the king shall rejoice in God. It is that he is God's anointed king which forms the ground of his hope. Therefore he says "the king" instead of I. EVERY ONE... [ Continue Reading ]