Psalms 63:1-11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

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. The language of the Ps. is late.

Psalms 63:1. Follow mg. In a dry: read, as a dry. As the parched soil pines for rain, so the Psalmist for union with God.

Psalms 63:2. So: read as. Place Psalms 63:4 immediately after Psalms 63:2.

Psalms 63:6. When has no apodosis: read also.

Psalms 63:10 b. Render jackals (mg.).

Psalms 63:1-11

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 thirstya land, where no water is;

2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrowb and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

10 They shall fallc by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

11 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.