New American Standard Bible 2020
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
1God, You are my God; I shall be watching for You; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and exhausted land where there is no water. So have I seen You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and glory. 3Because Your favor is better than life, My lips will praise You. 4So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.
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כֵּ֭ן בַּקֹּ֣דֶשׁ חֲזִיתִ֑יךָ לִרְא֥וֹת עֻ֝זְּךָ֗ וּכְבוֹדֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 63:2
- Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord And to meditate in His temple.
- Psalms 78:61And He gave up His strength to captivity And His glory into the hand of the enemy.
- Psalms 105:4Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face continually.
- Psalms 145:11They will speak of the glory of Your kingdom, And talk of Your might,
- Exodus 33:18Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!”
- 1 Samuel 4:21And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
- 1 Chronicles 16:11Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face continually.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they will not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
- Psalms 68:24They have seen Your procession, God, The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
- Psalms 73:17Until I entered the sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their end.
- Psalms 77:13Your way, God, is holy; What god is great like our God?
- Psalms 84:2My soul longed and even yearned for the courtyards of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
- Psalms 96:6Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.
- Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands to the sanctuary And bless the Lord.
- Isaiah 60:13The glory of Lebanon will come to you, The juniper, the elm tree and the cedar 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
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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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