To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
To see thy power and thy glory, so (as) I have seen thee in the sanctuary - literally, 'so in the sanctuary I have beheld thee, that I may see thy power and thy glory.' Thus "to see," or 'that I may see thy power,' follows "my soul thirsteth for thee," etc.; 'so in the sanctuary I have beheld thee,' is a parenthesis. What I 'thirst for' is, "to see thy power and thy glory," as once I saw it. The abruptness of the interrupted clauses accords with his excitement. The "so" is beautifully forcible; so lovable and so fully satisfying to thy people did I formerly behold thee, my soul therefore now thirsts for thee (cf. Psalms 27:4; Psalms 27:13). David's desire in this psalm, and in the parallel psalm, Psalms 42:1-11, be restored to the visible sanctuary (cf. Psalms 43:3 with 2 Samuel 15:25).