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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 63 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. This psalm was composed by David, either when he was persecuted by Saul, and obliged to hide himself in desert places, as in the forest of Hareth, the wildernesses of Ziph, Maon, and Engedi, 1 Samuel 22:5; all which were in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:55; or when...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
O God, thou [art] my God,.... Not by nature only, or by birth; not merely as an Israelite and son of Abraham; but by grace through Christ, and in virtue of an everlasting covenant, the blessings and promises of which were applied unto him; and he, by faith, could now claim his interest in them, and in his God as his covenant God; who is a God at...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This psalm has in it as much of warmth and lively devotion as any of David's psalms in so little a compass. As the sweetest of Paul's epistles were those that bore date out of a prison, so some of the sweetest of David's psalms were those that were penned, as this was, in a wilderness. That which grieved him most in his banishment was the want of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O God, thou art my God; The psalmist has no doubt about this great fact, he does not hesitate or falter, but he makes the positive assertion, “O God, thou art my El, my mighty God, strong to deliver me.” In the sixty-second Psalm, he had finished up with the power of God: “God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O God, Two very solemn words; never use them, I pray you, as hasty, thoughtless expressions. God’s name must never be taken in vain; I fear that there are some who do this, and are not rebuked for it. When we say, “O God,” there ought to be something solemn to follow. Psa_63:1. Thou art my God; The second word “God” signifies “my strong one, my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: Because thou art mine, therefore will I seek thee.” A sense of possession makes us long for the enjoyment of all that is really ours. Psa_63:1. My soul thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; “Nothing but thyself can content me; everything else, or...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O God, thou art my God; Everything else has gone, but thou art my God. There are gods of the heathen, but thou, the true and real Jehovah, art my God. Oh, what a blessed thing it is to take a firm grip of God after this fashion, “ O God, thou art my God.” Psa_63:1. Early will I seek thee: “ Oh,” says one, “ why did he seek God if God was his?”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O God, thou art my God; — Read that sentence how you will, it is unspeakably precious. If we say “O God, thou art my God,” it brings out the possession which the believer has in God. If we say “O God, thou art my God,” it shows the greatness of the possession which we thus have in having this God to be our God forever and ever. And if we say “O...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; to see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Long after the old times over again — for those times of heaven upon earth — those special seasons when the Lord made the vail between us and heaven to...
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. O God, thou art my God; or, O God, thou art my Mighty One. The last Psalm left the echo of power ringing in the ear, and it is here remembered. Strong affiance bids the fugitive poet confess his allegiance to the only living God; and firm faith enables him to claim him as his own. He has no doubts about his possession of his God; and why...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
To see thy power and thy glory,.... Either the ark, as the Jewish writers generally interpret it; the symbol of God's presence and glory, and which is called his strength and his glory; see Psalms 78:61; or rather the Lord Christ, who is the power of God, as well as the wisdom of God; by whom he made the world, and upholds it; by whom he has...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. He did not want the sanctuary so much as to see God in the sanctuary. Brethren, it is well to have a love to our own place of worship, but it is infinitely better to have a soul longing for the God we worship, and to feel that the place of worship is nothing unless God be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. David remembers better times that he had enjoyed in the past, and he longs to have them back again. He wants again to know, and feel, and enjoy, all he has ever known, and felt, and enjoyed; and, blessed be God, he will grant us that boon.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Past enjoyment of our Lord’s presence inspires us with earnest desire for fresh manifestations of his face. If we have ever seen God’s power and glory when we have come into the courts of his house, we long to see them again, whether we are in the wilderness or in the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. He had seen God in his holy place, and he longs to see him again. They that never knew God do not want to know him. But they that have known him desire to know him more and more. If thou cost not long for the bread of heaven it is because thou didst never taste it. He that...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Because thy lovingkindness [is] better than life,.... For life without the love of God is nothing else than death: a man that has no share in the love of God is dead while he lives; all the enjoyments of life, health, riches, honour, friends, c. are nothing without the love of God the meanest temporal blessings with it are preferable to the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life my lips shall praise thee. “In the wilderness, when my comforts are cut off, when my son, who was my darling, is seeking my life, my lips shall praise thee, for still thy lovingkindness is better than life.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live: “Whether I live in a sterile wilderness or in a fertile land, I will bless thee while I live.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Is not that word “lovingkindness” one of the noblest terms in our own or any other language? The word kin is at the root of kind and kindred, so that lovingkindness, lovingkinnedness, or loving-kinness, is such conduct as we may expect from those who are akin to us. God’s...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. “ Better than life “; and surely life is better than anything else. “ Skin for skin; yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.” Life is better than meat. Life is better than riches; and if the lovingkindness of God is better than life then we have a very high...