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Psalms 63:8
My soul followeth hard after Thee, cleaving to Him as the one Helper in all the wide world; Thy right hand Upholdeth me, lending just the right assistance to the psalmist to keep him from falling.
My soul followeth hard after Thee, cleaving to Him as the one Helper in all the wide world; Thy right hand Upholdeth me, lending just the right assistance to the psalmist to keep him from falling.
Verse Psalms 63:8. _MY SOUL FOLLOWETH HARD AFTER THEE_] דבקה נפשי אחריך _dabekah naphshi achareycha_, "My soul cleaves (or) is glued after thee." This phrase not only shows the _diligence_ of the purs...
MY SOUL FOLLOWETH HARD AFTER THEE - The word used here - דבק _dâbaq_ - means properly to cleave to; to adhere; to be glued to; to stick fast. Then it means to attach oneself to anything; and then, to...
Psalms 63 Heart Longings _ 1. To see Thy power and glory (Psalms 63:1)_ 2. Satisfied longings (Psalms 63:5) A Psalm of David when he was an outcast in the wilderness of Judah. Thus it fits in well...
LXIII. Written by one who has seen God's glory in the Temple and resolved to praise Him all his life. He is confident his enemies will perish. Psalms 63:11 refers to a Hebrew king, possibly Maccabean...
FOLLOWETH. Supply Ellipsis by reading "[cleaveth to and] followeth". HARD. close. HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._...
_followeth hard after thee_ Lit., _cleaves after thee;_cleaves to God (Deuteronomy 10:20 &c.) and follows Him (Hosea 6:3). _Hard_= -close." Cp. Shakespeare, _Hamlet_, i. 2. 179 "Indeed my lord, it fol...
While he draws ever closer to God, his enemies will be destroyed....
DISCOURSE: 601 FOLLOWING AFTER GOD Psalms 63:8. _My soul followeth hard after Thee: thy right hand upholdeth me._ IT has been said, that Christian progress is more evinced by desires than by actual a...
MY SOUL FOLLOWETH HARD AFTER THEE— _My soul hath kept close,—hath adhered to thee._ The Psalmist means that his soul adhered to God with the warmest affection, and longed to offer up his sacrifices of...
PSALMS 63 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Banished Soul, Athirst for God, Anticipates Satisfaction and Vindication. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 63:1, The Psalmist Avows and Describes his Longing for God. Stanza...
_WHEN I REMEMBER THEE UPON MY BED, AND MEDITATE ON THEE IN THE NIGHT WATCHES._ -Second strophe. His hearty desire after God even now in his banishment, whence follows the confident hope of the destru...
Title.—A PSALM OF DAVID, WHEN HE WAS IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH. The writer of this Ps. is a king (Psalms 63:11), who is at a distance from the sanctuary, and in danger from eager foes. If the title b...
The clinging effort of the human soul and the upholding grasp of God are the two sides of the relationship of faith....
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
MY SOUL... — Literally, _my soul cleaved after thee,_ combining two ideas. (Comp. Jeremiah 42:16.) The English phrase, “hung upon thee” (comp. Prayer-Book version), exactly expresses it. For “depths,”...
_[Psalms 63:9]_ דָּבְקָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֣י אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ בִּ֝֗י תָּמְכָ֥ה...
Psalms 63:1 IF the psalmist is allowed to speak, he gives many details of his circumstances in his song. He is in a waterless and weary land, excluded from the sanctuary, followed by enemies seeking...
THE LONGING SOUL ABUNDANTLY SATISFIED Psalms 63:1 Ever since the third century this has been the morning song of the Church. The superscription tells us that it was written in the wilderness of Judah...
Here the conviction which has been the inspiration of the two previous psalms reaches a consummation of expression. The song can hardly be divided, for it runs on in a continuous outpouring of praise....
My soul (e) followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. (e) He assures himself by the Spirit of God to have the gift of constancy....
The arrows of children are their wounds. That is, the wounds, stripes, or blows, they seek to inflict upon the just, are but like weak efforts of children's arrows, which can do no execution; and thei...
There is a delightful connection between this verse and the former. The soul which hath found a God in Christ his help, will certainly follow hard after the same, and indeed desire larger manifestatio...
8_My soul has cleaved hard after thee _The Hebrew verb means also _to apprehend, _or _follow, _especially when in construction with the preposition which is here joined to it, and therefore we might v...
If Psalms 61 has been the cry of depression, Psalms 62 the confidence and encouragement of trust in God, Psalms 63 is the longing of the soul, still as cast out and far from the sanctuary (so we can s...
MY SOUL FOLLOWETH HARD AFTER THEE,.... In a way of duty, and in the use of means; as prayer, meditation, c. though at a distance from the house of God, and worship of it that he might not lose sight o...
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. Ver. 8. _My soul followeth hard after thee_] _Adhaesit anima mea post te._ As hard as mine enemies do after me, even hard at heels, as...
_My soul followeth hard after thee_ Pursues communion with thee, and a conformity to thee, with earnest, increasing, and restless desire, lively expectation, and unwearied diligence: follows thee reso...
7-11 True Christians can, in some measure, and at some times, make use of the strong language of David, but too commonly our souls cleave to the dust. Having committed ourselves to God, we must be ea...
FOLLOWETH HARD AFTER THEE, i.e. pursueth thee eagerly, diligently, and resolvedly, and as it were step by step, when thou seemest to run away from me; which is the emphasis of this Hebrew word. My sou...
Psalms 63:8 soul H5315 close H1692 (H8804) behind H310 hand H3225 upholds H8551 (H8804) followeth -...
BECAUSE, FROM DEEP WITHIN HIM, HE FOLLOWS HARD AFTER GOD, GOD'S RIGHT HAND UPHOLDS HIM, SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING TO DESTROY HIM WILL THEMSELVES BE DESTROYED (PSALMS 63:8). From David's inner tho...
Psalms 63:1 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 som...
«A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.» Shall we praise God in the garden and not praise him in the wilderness? No; we will sing a new song when we come into the desert; for, even i...
Psalms 63:1. _O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: Because thou art mine, therefore will I seek thee.»_ A sense of possession makes us long for the enjoyment of all that is really ours. P...
A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah, exiled, ill at ease, hunted, exposed to danger. Yet he could sing. And some of the sweetest Psalms came out of the bitterest afflictions. God's...
I will read the 63 rd Psalm first, as somewhat representing the state of heart into which I would we could all come tonight. Psalms 63:1. _O God, thou art my God;_ Read that sentence how you will, i...
CONTENTS: David's desire toward God and joyful dependence upon Him. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The believer need desire nothing more than the favor of God to make him happy and satisfied. T...
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; Psalm...
_My soul followeth hard after Thee, Thy right hand upholdeth me._ ENDEAVOUR AND SUPPORT I. The effort which the Christian makes. “My soul followeth hard after Thee.” This seen in his-- 1. Uniform o...
_Because Thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice._ THE REMEMBRANCE OF PAST MERCIES AN INDUCEMENT TO PRESENT CONFIDENCE IN GOD This psalm is not one of complaint or...
_O God, Thou art my God; early will I seek Thee._ THE GREATEST THINGS OF THE SOUL I. The greatest hunger of the soul (Psalms 63:1). The soul wants God, as the thirsty land the refreshing showers, as...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 63:1. This psalm opens as if it were a lament, yet it is mainly a song of confident expectation. The psalm helps God’s people gain confidence during times of trouble. It exp...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_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, boun...
EXPOSITION A PSALM of one absent from the sanctuary, and longing to return to it (Psalms 63:1, Psalms 63:2), pursued by enemies who seek his life (Psalms 63:9), but confident in God's protection ...
Psa 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...
2 Chronicles 31:21; Colossians 1:29; Genesis 32:26; Isaiah 26:9;...