Psalms 63:2

Psalms 63:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
• New International Version (NIV)I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.

Context of Psalms 63:2

1O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water: To see thy power and thy glory, as I have beheld thee in the sanctuary; 3For thy loving-kindness is better than life: my lips shall praise thee. 4So will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name.

Psalms 63:2 word by word

כֵּ֭ן בַּקֹּ֣דֶשׁ חֲזִיתִ֑יךָ לִרְא֥וֹת עֻ֝זְּךָ֗ וּכְבוֹדֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

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Cross-references for Psalms 63:2

• Psalms 27:4One [thing] have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire [of him] in his temple.
• Psalms 78:61And gave his strength into captivity, and his glory into the hand of the oppressor;
• Psalms 105:4Seek Jehovah and his strength, seek his face continually;
• Psalms 145:11They shall tell of the glory of thy kingdom, and speak of thy power;
• Exodus 33:18And he said, Let me, I pray thee, see thy glory.
• 1 Samuel 4:21And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
• 1 Chronicles 16:11Seek Jehovah and his strength, Seek his face continually;
• 2 Corinthians 4:4in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is [the] image of God, should not shine forth [for them].
• Psalms 68:24They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
• Psalms 73:17Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end.
• Psalms 77:13O God, thy way is in the sanctuary: who is so great a god as God?
• Psalms 84:2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
• Psalms 96:6Majesty and splendour are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
• Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless Jehovah.
• Isaiah 60:13The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the cypress, pine, and box-tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

Commentaries on Psalms 63:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2To see thy power and thy glory - in the sanctuary - In his public ordinances God had often showed his power in the judgments he executed, in the terror he impressed, and in awakening the sinful; and his glory in delivering the tempted, succouring the distressed, and diffusing peace and pardon through the hearts of his followers. God shows his power and glory in his ordinances; therefore public worship should never be neglected. We must see God, says the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2To see thy power and thy glory - The reference here is to what was manifested of the presence and the power of God in the services of public worship; the praises, the prayers, the rejoicings, the evidences of the divine presence. So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary - At the tabernacle, amidst the solenm services of divine worship. There seems to be no reason for supposing that he here refers to the mere external pomp and splendor of public worship…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The psalmist remembers that he had found God to be present in his sanctuary (see Psalm 18:6; 61:4; 62:5, 11–12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. The special object of desire was God's perfections as displayed in his worship (Psa 27:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 63:2

• Church
• Glory
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• Seekers
• Worship

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Commentaries on Psalms 63

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings