To see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Ver. 2. To see thy power and thy glory] To feel those heart-ravishing apprehensions of thine incomparable excellencies from thyself immediately; who canst be to thy people in their banishment as a little sanctuary, Ezekiel 11:16, and supply all their wants out of thine all sufficiency, who art rich in mercy to all that call upon thy name.
So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary] Where were to be seen the house of God, Exodus 25:8 Deuteronomy 12:5, the throne of glory from the beginning, Jeremiah 17:12, the ark of the covenant, Exodus 25:22, the tables of the covenant laid up in the ark, Exodus 28:21, the mercy seat, Exodus 25:21, the oracle, Exo 25:22 Numbers 7:89, the ceremonies that showed the estate of the faithful both by nature and by grace, and indeed were their gospel, and Christ in figure. These were glorious sights and signals which, therefore David dearly desired, and more bewailed the want of them, than of all outward comforts and contentments.