Psalm 63:4

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 63:1-11

INTRODUCTIONSuperscription.—“A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.” Hengstenberg: “The wilderness of Judah is the whole wilderness towards the east of the tribe of Judah, bounded on the north by the tribe of Benjamin, stretching, southward to the south-west end of the Dead Sea, eastward to the Dead Sea and the Jordan, and westward to the mountains of Judah. This wilderness is not unfrequently designated simply The wilderness. In this wilderness David was often found when... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 63:1-11

Psalms 63:1-11 This Psalm, with its passion of love and mystic rapture, is a monument for us of how the writer's sorrows had brought to him a closer union with God, as our sorrows may do for us, like some treasure washed to our feet by a stormy sea. The key to the arrangement of the Psalm will be found in the threefold recurrence of an emphatic word. In the first verse we read, "My soul thirsteth for Thee;" in the fifth verse, "My soul shall be satisfied;" in the eighth verse, "My soul... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 63:1-7

DISCOURSE: 600THE BELIEVER’S DISPOSITIONS TOWARDS GODPsalms 63:1-7. 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; to see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Became thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 63:1-11

Psalms 63:1-11 Psalms 63:1-11 is a psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah. Now, from Jerusalem west lies the coastal plains, fertile valleys, beautiful lush orange groves, and apricot and pear and peach orchards, and all. From Jerusalem east lies the Judean wilderness, just outside of Jerusalem. Just beyond Bethany you begin to drop down into that great African rift to the area of the Dead Sea 1,200 feet below sea level at its surface. And that area from Jerusalem east gets very... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 63:1-11

Psalms 63:4 . I will lift up my hands in thy name. This was swearing fidelity to the Lord. The heathens did the same to their idols; they kissed their hand, or they stretched it out. Job 31:27. Psalms 44:20. David’s generals did the same, when they swore fidelity to Solomon. 1 Chronicles 29:24. An Indian writer, cited by our missionaries, speaks to the same effect; “An idol is not Brumha [God] therefore lift not up your hand to it.” Virgil refers to the same custom among the gentiles. ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 63:1-11

Psalms 63:1-11O God, Thou art my God; early will I seek Thee.The greatest things of the soulI. The greatest hunger of the soul (Psalms 63:1). The soul wants God, as the thirsty land the refreshing showers, as the opening flower the sunbeam.II. The greatest faith of the soul (Psalms 63:3). Lovingkindness is indeed better than life; it is independent, it is the cause of life, the redemption of life: It is lovingkindness that supplies the wants, gratifies the desires, develops the powers of life.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 63:4-7

Psalms 63:4-7Thus will I bless Thee while I live; I will lift up mine hand in Thy Name.David blessing God and praying to HimIn this verse we have David engaging himself to God in two particulars. First, to the blessing of God, “Thus will I bless Thee while I live.” And secondly, to praying to Him, “I will lift up my hands,” etc.I. David’s engaging himself to blessing, “Thus will I bless Thee,” etc.1. The thing itself promised is blessing; David promises to bless God. This at the first hearing... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 63:4

Psa 63:4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. Ver. 4. Thus will I bless thee while I live ] I will divide my time between praises and prayers, and so drive a holy trade between heaven and earth. See Psalms 18:3 . I will lift up my hands ] i.e. Pray, as Psalms 141:2 1 Timothy 2:8 . In thy name ] i.e. Cleaving to thy goodness and mercy. Fretus tuo auxilio. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 63:4

Thus: Psalms 104:33, Psalms 145:1-Leviticus :, Psalms 146:1, Psalms 146:2 I will lift: Psalms 134:2, 1 Kings 8:22-Revelation :, Habakkuk 3:10 Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 6:12 - spread forth Nehemiah 8:6 - with lifting Psalms 28:2 - when Psalms 100:2 - Serve Psalms 141:2 - the lifting Lamentations 2:19 - lift up Lamentations 3:41 - with Luke 18:30 - manifold more Colossians 3:16 - singing James 3:9 - bless read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 63:4

4. I will lift up my hands In solemn posture of prayer. In thy name Depending only on thee for such deliverance as thou canst sanction. read more

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