Verse Psalms 63:6. _WHEN I REMEMBER THEE UPON MY BED_] I will lie down in thy fear and love; that I may sleep soundly under thy protection, and awake with a sense of thy presence and approbation; and...
WHEN I REMEMBER THEE UPON MY BED - See the notes at Psalms 42:8. That is, when I lie down at night; when I compose myself to sleep. Nothing can be more proper than that our last thoughts, as we sink i...
Psalms 63 Heart Longings _ 1. To see Thy power and glory (Psalms 63:1)_ 2. Satisfied longings (Psalms 63:5) A Psalm of David when he was an outcast in the wilderness of Judah. Thus it fits in well...
LXIII. Written by one who has seen God's glory in the Temple and resolved to praise Him all his life. He is confident his enemies will perish. Psalms 63:11 refers to a Hebrew king, possibly Maccabean...
AND. Supply Ellipsis by reading "[I will] meditate"....
The A.V. connects this verse with Psalms 63:5, but the absence of _and_in the second clause makes it preferable to connect it with Psalms 63:7, thus: When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on...
Thankful recollection of past mercies....
DISCOURSE: 600 THE BELIEVER’S DISPOSITIONS TOWARDS GOD Psalms 63:1. 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 wher...
PSALMS 63 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Banished Soul, Athirst for God, Anticipates Satisfaction and Vindication. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 63:1, The Psalmist Avows and Describes his Longing for God. Stanza...
_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 destru...
Title.—A PSALM OF DAVID, WHEN HE WAS IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH. The writer of this Ps. is a king (Psalms 63:11), who is at a distance from the sanctuary, and in danger from eager foes. If the title b...
The _night_ WATCHES] were three hi number—the first, the middle, and the morning watches....
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
REMEMBER. — Better, _remembered._ BED. — Literally, _beds._ NIGHT WATCHES. — According to the Jewish reckoning, the night was divided into three watches: the “beginning,” or head (_rôsh_)_;_ the “mid...
_[Psalms 63:7]_ אִם ־זְכַרְתִּ֥יךָ עַל ־יְצוּעָ֑י בְּ֝...
Psalms 63:1 IF the psalmist is allowed to speak, he gives many details of his circumstances in his song. He is in a waterless and weary land, excluded from the sanctuary, followed by enemies seeking...
THE LONGING SOUL ABUNDANTLY SATISFIED Psalms 63:1 Ever since the third century this has been the morning song of the Church. The superscription tells us that it was written in the wilderness of Judah...
Here the conviction which has been the inspiration of the two previous psalms reaches a consummation of expression. The song can hardly be divided, for it runs on in a continuous outpouring of praise....
_Them. The snares. (Haydock) --- Houbigant prefers "us," with reason, (Berthier) after the Syriac, Arabic, Cassiodorus, &c. Yet the Hebrew, &c., retain them, which is very easily explained. (Haydock)...
It is blessed, at all times, and in all places, to remember God. But many precious souls are so much tossed about by day that they have in their evening meditations frequently to complain, when lookin...
6_I shall surely remember thee, etc. _It may be read also, when, or, as often as _I remember thee, I will pray in the night watches. _But as the Hebrew particle here used is occasionally taken for an...
If Psalms 61 has been the cry of depression, Psalms 62 the confidence and encouragement of trust in God, Psalms 63 is the longing of the soul, still as cast out and far from the sanctuary (so we can s...
WHEN I REMEMBER THEE UPON MY BED,.... Or "beds" q; seeing he lay in many, as Kimchi observes, being obliged to flee from place to place. The sense is, that when he was on his bed in the night season,...
_When I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the [night] watches._ Ver. 6. _When I remember thee upon my bed_] Heb. beds, in the plural; because he took up his lodging in many places,...
_My soul shall be satisfied_ Not only as with bread, which is nourishing; but _as with marrow and fatness_ Which are pleasant and delicious; namely, when thou shalt fulfil my desire, and bring me to e...
MORNING HYMN OF A FUGITIVE. A psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah, very likely at the time when he left Jerusalem at the approach of Absalom, for it was then that he spent a few day...
when I remember Thee upon my bed, considering all the manifold evidences of God's favor as they showed in his whole life, AND MEDITATE ON THEE IN THE NIGHT-WATCHES, in earnest and prayerful meditation...
3-6 Even in affliction we need not want matter for praise. When this is the regular frame of a believer's mind, he values the loving-kindness of God more than life. God's loving-kindness is our spiri...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 63:6 remember H2142 (H8804) bed H3326 meditate H1897 (H8799) watches H821 Psalms 42:8,
HIS REFRESHED VISION OF GOD HAS RESTORED HIS HEARTFELT SPIRITUAL SATISFACTION, HAS ENHANCED HIS PRAISE TOWARDS GOD AND HAS REMINDED HIM THAT IT IS GOD WHO IS HIS REFUGE (PSALMS 63:4). And so wherever...
Psalms 63:1 This Psalm, with its passion of love and mystic rapture, is a monument for us of how the writer's sorrows had brought to him a closer union with God, as our sorrows may do for us, like som...
This is said to be «A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.» I suppose, therefore, that it was composed when he fled from Jerusalem because of the cruel treachery of his son Absalom....
«A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.» Shall we praise God in the garden and not praise him in the wilderness? No; we will sing a new song when we come into the desert; for, even i...
Psalms 63:1. _O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: Because thou art mine, therefore will I seek thee.»_ A sense of possession makes us long for the enjoyment of all that is really ours. P...
A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah, exiled, ill at ease, hunted, exposed to danger. Yet he could sing. And some of the sweetest Psalms came out of the bitterest afflictions. God's...
I will read the 63 rd Psalm first, as somewhat representing the state of heart into which I would we could all come tonight. Psalms 63:1. _O God, thou art my God;_ Read that sentence how you will, i...
CONTENTS: David's desire toward God and joyful dependence upon Him. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The believer need desire nothing more than the favor of God to make him happy and satisfied. T...
Psalms 63:4. _I will lift up my hands in thy name._ This was swearing fidelity to the Lord. The heathens did the same to their idols; they kissed their hand, or they stretched it out. Job 31:27; Psalm...
_Have I not remembered Thee in my bed, and thought upon Thee when I was waking?_ THE SAINT DEVOUT BY NIGHT Night piety is-- 1. Commanded (Deuteronomy 6:7; Joshua 1:8; Lamentations 2:19). 2
_My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise Thee with joyful lips._ A TASTE FOR DEVOTION I. What we understand by the piety of taste and sentiment. Suppose two p...
_Thus will I bless Thee while I live; I will lift up mine hand in Thy Name._ DAVID BLESSING GOD AND PRAYING TO HIM In this verse we have David engaging himself to God in two particulars. First, to t...
_O God, Thou art my God; early will I seek Thee._ THE GREATEST THINGS OF THE SOUL I. The greatest hunger of the soul (Psalms 63:1). The soul wants God, as the thirsty land the refreshing showers, as...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah_.” Hengstenberg: “The wilderness of Judah is the whole wilderness towards the east of the tribe of Judah, boun...
EXPOSITION A PSALM of one absent from the sanctuary, and longing to return to it (Psalms 63:1, Psalms 63:2), pursued by enemies who seek his life (Psalms 63:9), but confident in God's protection ...
Psa 63:1-11 is a psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah. Now, from Jerusalem west lies the coastal plains, fertile valleys, beautiful lush orange groves, and apricot and pear and peach...
Lamentations 2:19; Psalms 119:147; Psalms 119:148; Psalms 119:55;...