“ My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. ”
My soul followeth hard after thee - The word used here - דבק dâbaq - means properly to cleave to; to adhere; to be glued to; to stick fast. Then it means to attach oneself to anything; and t...
My soul (e) followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. (e) He assures himself by the Spirit of God to have the gift of constancy.
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...
followeth. Supply Ellipsis by reading "[cleaveth to and] followeth". hard . close. hand. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
8 My soul has cleaved hard after thee The Hebrew verb means also to apprehend, or follow, especially when in construction with the preposition which is here joined to it, and therefore...
DISCOURSE: 601 FOLLOWING AFTER GOD Psalms 63:8 . My soul followeth hard after Thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. IT has been said, that Christian progress is more evinced by desires than by ac...
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. My soul followeth hard after thee - דבקה נפשי אחריך dabekah naphshi achareycha, "My soul cleaves (or) is glued after thee." This phrase...
My soul followeth hard after thee— My soul hath kept close,—hath adhered to thee. The Psalmist means that his soul adhered to God with the warmest affection, and longed to offer up his sacrifices...
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...
My soul... — Literally, my soul cleaved after thee, combining two ideas. (Comp. Jeremiah 42:16 .) The English phrase, “hung upon thee” (comp. Prayer-Book version), exactly expresses it. For “de...
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...
There is a delightful connection between this verse and the former. The soul which hath found a God in Christ his help, will certainly follow hard after the same, and indeed desire larger manifestati...
My soul followeth hard after thee ,.... In a way of duty, and in the use of means; as prayer, meditation, c. though at a distance from the house of God, and worship of it that he might not lose sigh...
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. Ver. 8. My soul followeth hard after thee ] Adhaesit anima mea post te. As hard as mine enemies do after me, even hard at heels, a...
My soul followeth hard after thee Pursues communion with thee, and a conformity to thee, with earnest, increasing, and restless desire, lively expectation, and unwearied diligence: follows thee res...
Confidence in God; David Triumphing in Hope. 7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings wil...
Followeth hard after thee, i.e. pursueth thee eagerly, diligently, and resolvedly, and as it were step by step, when thou seemest to run away from me; which is the emphasis of this Hebrew word. My...
Because, From Deep Within Him, He Follows Hard After God, God's Right Hand Upholds Him, So That Those Who Are Seeking To Destroy Him Will Themselves Be Destroyed ( Psalms 63:8-10 ). From David's i...
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...
«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...
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...
2 Chronicles 31:21 ; Colossians 1:29 ; Genesis 32:26-28 ; Isaiah 26:9 ; Isaiah 41:10 ; Isaiah 42:1 ; Luke 13:24 ; Luke 18:5-7 ; Matthew 11:12 ; Philippians 2:12 ; Philippians 2:13 ; Psalm...