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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 his son Absalom rebelled against him, which...
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 hand and afar off, was his God in the wilderness of...
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 public ordinances; these he here longs to be...
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 should other believers have any? The...
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 God.” So he begins this new song with the great name...
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 mighty one, to whom I can bring all my weakness and...
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 everyone else falls short of my desire. There is no...
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?” Would you have him seek another man’s God, then? No;...
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 God, thou art my God, it leads us to think of God...
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 be very thin indeed, and allowed us almost to see...