God’s Word Translation
Psalms 63:2
2So I look for you in the holy place to see your power and your glory.
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, you are my God. At dawn I search for you. My soul thirsts for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water. So I look for you in the holy place to see your power and your glory. 3My lips will praise you because your mercy is better than life ⌞itself⌟. 4So I will thank you as long as I live. I will lift up my hands ⌞to pray⌟ in your name.
Read all of Psalms 63Psalms 63:2 word by word
כֵּ֭ן בַּקֹּ֣דֶשׁ חֲזִיתִ֑יךָ לִרְא֥וֹת עֻ֝זְּךָ֗ וּכְבוֹדֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 63:2
- Psalms 27:4I have asked one thing from the Lord. This I will seek: to remain in the Lord’s house all the days of my life in order to gaze at the Lord’s beauty and to search for an answer in his temple.
- Psalms 78:61He allowed his power to be taken captive and handed his glory over to an oppressor.
- Psalms 105:4Search for the Lord and his strength. Always seek his presence.
- Psalms 145:11Everyone will talk about the glory of your kingdom and will tell the descendants of Adam about your might
- Exodus 33:18Then Moses said, “Please let me see your glory.”
- 1 Samuel 4:21She called the boy Ichabod [No Glory], saying, “Israel’s glory is gone,” because the ark of God had been captured and because her father-in-law and her husband ⌞died⌟.
- 1 Chronicles 16:11Search for the Lord and his strength. Always seek his presence.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4The god of this world has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. As a result, they don’t see the light of the Good News about Christ’s glory. It is Christ who is God’s image.
- Psalms 68:24Your festival processions, O God, can be seen by everyone. They are the processions for my God, my king, into the holy place.
- Psalms 73:17Only when I came into God’s holy place did I ⌞finally⌟ understand what would happen to them.
- Psalms 77:13O God, your ways are holy! What god is as great as our God?
- Psalms 84:2My soul longs and yearns for the Lord’s courtyards. My whole body shouts for joy to the living God.
- Psalms 96:6Splendor and majesty are in his presence. Strength and beauty are in his holy place.
- Psalms 134:2Lift your hands toward the holy place, and praise the Lord.
- Isaiah 60:13“Lebanon’s glory will come to you: Cedar, fir, and cypress trees will come to beautify my holy place, and I will honor the place where my feet rest.
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
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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
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