Psalms 63:10

_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 destruction of his enemies who banished him. Verse 6. WHEN I REMEMBER THEE UPON MY BED, (AND) MEDITATE ON THEE IN THE NIGHT WATCHES. Thus, the English version connects this verse with Psalms 63:5. But the division of the strophes renders the following translation preferable, which, moreover, obviates the need of supplying "and:" 'Whenever I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night watches.' The remembrance of thee on my bed so engrosses me that I cannot draw my mind off the thought, so as to fall into the obliviousness of sleep; I often meditate on thee through the whole night watches. So...

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 easy and pleased, and quiet from the fear of evil. Those that follow hard after God, would soon fail, if God's right hand did not uphold them. It is he that strengthens us and comforts us. The psalmist doubts not but that though now sowing in tears, he should reap in joy. Messiah the Prince shall rejoice in God; he is already entered into the joy set before him, and his glory will be completed at his second coming. Blessed Lord, let our desire towards thee increase every hour; let our love be always upon thee; let all our enjoyment be in thee, and all our satisfaction from thee. Be thou all in all to us while we remain in the present wilderness state, and bring us home to the everlasting enjoym...

Verse Psalms 63:10. _THEY SHALL FALL BY THE SWORD_] _They shall be poured out_ _by the hand of the sword_, Heb. That is, their life's blood shall be shed either in war, or by the hand of justice. _THEY SHALL BE A PORTION FOR FOXES._] They shall be left _unburied_, and the _jackals_ shall feed upon their dead bodies. Or, being all cut off by utter destruction, their _inheritance_ shall be left for the _wild beasts_. That which was their _portion_ shall shortly be the _portion_ of the wild beasts of the forest. If he here refers to the destruction of the _Babylonians_, the prediction has been literally fulfilled. Where ancient Babylon stood, as far as it can be ascertained, is now the _hold of dangerous reptiles and ferocious_ _beasts_. The _jackal_, or _chokal_, is a very ravenous beast, and fo

THEY SHALL FALL BY THE SWORD - Margin, They shall make him run out like water by the hands of the sword. The word rendered in the text “they shall fall,” and in the margin “they shall make him run out” - נגר _nâgar_ - means properly, to flow, to pour out, as water; and then, to pour out; then, to give up or deliver. The idea here is that of delivering over, as one pours out water from a basin or pitcher: they shall be delivered over to the sword. The original rendered “sword” is, as in the margin, “by the hands of the sword;” that is, the sword is represented as accomplishing its purpose as if it had hands. The sword shall slay them. THEY SHALL BE A PORTION FOR FOXES - The original word - שׁועל _shû‛âl_ - means properly and commonly a fox. But under this general name fox, the Orientals seem to have comprehended other animals also, ha

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 (Psalms 63:7, Psalms 63:8), and, indeed, full of joy and praise and thankfulness (Psalms 63:3 and Psalms 63:11). Near the close he lets fall a word, which shows him to be a ki

THEY SHALL FALL BY THE SWORD,.... As Saul, his sons, and mighty men, did, 1 Samuel 31:4; or, "they shall make him pour out" u; that is, his blood, "by the hands" or "[means] of the sword"; meaning either some principal enemy, as Saul in particular, or everyone of his enemies; who should be thrust with the sword, their blood let out, and they slain: so antichrist, the enemy of David's son, will be put to death in this manner, Revelation 13:10; THEY SHALL BE A PORTION FOR FOXES; falling in desolate places where foxes run, and so become the food of them, and have no other burial. The foxes hunt after dead carcasses, and will find them out where they are, in holes and ditches; as appears from the case of Aristomenes, related by Pausanias w: so the followers of antichrist, their flesh

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 songsters are like nightingales that reserve their sweetest music for the night. Whenever you and I come to be in the wilderness may we refresh ourselves with such a Psalm as this. Psalms 63:1. _O God, thou art my God;_ Everything else has gone, but thou art my God. There are gods of the heathen, but thou, the true and real Jehovah, art my God. Oh, what a blessed thing it is to take a firm grip of God after this fashion, « O God, thou art my God.» Psalms 63:1. _Early will I seek thee:_ « Oh,» says one, « why did he seek God if God was his?» Would you have him se

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 with the outcast remnant, thirsting after God, longing to see His power and His glory displayed. And these longings are created in their hearts by the Holy Spirit, as in our hearts also. These longings will be satisfied in the coming day of His manifestation, when His people shall praise and worship Him....

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....

FOXES. jackals....