Chapter 63
O God, thou art my God; 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;
A. M. 2943. B.C. 1061. (Title.) when
1 Samuel 22.5 23.14-16,23-25 26.1-3 2 Samuel 15.28
thou
31.14 42.11 91.2 118.28 143.10 Exodus 15.2 Jeremiah 31.1,33 Zechariah 13.9 John 20.17
early
5.3 78.34 Job 8.5 Proverbs 1.27,28 8.17 Song of Solomon 3.1-3 Hosea 5.15 Matthew 6.33
soul
42.1,2 84.2 119.81 143.6 John 7.37 Revelation 7.16,17
flesh
dry and thirsty land, where no water is
Heb. weary land without water.
Exodus 17.3 Isaiah 32.2 35.7 41.18 Matthew 12.43
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
To see
27.4 78.61 105.4 145.11 Exodus 33.18,19 1 Samuel 4.21,22 1 Chronicles 16.11 2 Corinthians 4.4-6
in the
68.24 73.17,18 77.13,14 84.2-11 96.6 134.2 Isaiah 60.13
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
Because
4.6 21.6 30.5 Philippians 1.23 1 John 3.2
lips
30.12 51.15 66.17 Hosea 14.2 Romans 6.19 12.1 1 Corinthians 6.20 Hebrews 13.15 James 3.5-10
Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Thus
I will lift
134.2 1 Kings 8.22-66 Habakkuk 3.10
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
my soul
17.15 36.7-9 65.4 104.34 Song of Solomon 1.4 Isaiah 25.6 Jeremiah 31.4
marrow
Heb. fatness. with joyful.
43.4 71.23 118.14,15 135.3 149.1-3 Ezra 3.11-13 Revelation 19.5-7
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
42.8 77.4-6 119.55,147,148 139.17,18 149.5 Song of Solomon 3.1,2 5.2 Lamentations 2.19
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
Because
therefore
5.11 21.1 57.1 61.4 1 Samuel 17.37 2 Corinthians 1.10
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
My soul, etc
"My soul cleaveth davekah after Thee;" which not only shews the diligence of the pursuit, and the nearness of the attainment, but the fast hold he had of the mercy of God.
followeth
73.25 143.6,7 Genesis 32.26-28 2 Chronicles 31.21 Song of Solomon 3.2 Isaiah 26.9 Matthew 11.12 Luke 13.24 18.5-7
thy
18.35 37.24 73.23 94.18 Song of Solomon 2.6 Isaiah 41.10 42.1 Philippians 2.12,13 Colossians 1.29
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
seek
35.4,26 38.12 40.14 70.2 1 Samuel 25.29
go
9.17 55.15,23 86.13 Numbers 16.30-33 1 Samuel 28.19 Job 40.13 Isaiah 14.9,15,19 14.19 Ezekiel 32.18-32 Acts 1.25
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
They shall fall, etc
Heb. They shall make him run out, like water, by the hands of the sword.
1 Samuel 26.10 31.1-6 Jeremiah 18.21 Ezekiel 35.5
a portion
Song of Solomon 2.15 Ezekiel 39.4,17-20 Revelation 19.17,18
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
But, etc
David shall come to the kingdom according to the promise of God.
the king
sweareth
Deuteronomy 6.13 Isaiah 19.18 45.23 65.16 Zephaniah 1.5 Hebrews 6.13