“ When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. ”
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...
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 Ma...
And. Supply Ellipsis by reading "[I will] meditate".
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 tak...
DISCOURSE: 600 THE BELIEVER’S DISPOSITIONS TOWARDS GOD Psalms 63:1-7 . 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...
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. When I remember thee upon my bed - I will lie down in thy fear and love; that I may sleep soundly under thy protection...
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 d...
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 t...
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 ) ;...
Psalms 63:1-11 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 se...
the Longing Soul Abundantly Satisfied Psalms 63:1-11 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...
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...
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 looki...
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 seaso...
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 place...
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...
Joyful Praises. 3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. 4 Thus will I bless th...
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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 63:4-7 ). And so w...
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, bo...
Psalms 63:1-11 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, l...
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...
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 ;...
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 shower...
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 pr...
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...
Lamentations 2:19 ; Psalms 119:147 ; Psalms 119:148 ; Psalms 119:55 ; Psalms 139:17 ; Psalms 139:18 ; Psalms 149:5 ; Psalms 42:8 ; Psalms 77:4-6 ; Song of Solomon 3:1 ; Song of Solomon 3:2...