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. The language of the Ps. is late.

Psalms 63:1. Follow mg. In a dry: read, as a dry. As the parched soil pines for rain, so the Psalmist for union with God.

Psalms 63:2. So: read as. Place Psalms 63:4 immediately after Psalms 63:2.

Psalms 63:6. When has no apodosis: read also.

Psalms 63:10 b. Render jackals (mg.).

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