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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871). CCEL expanded electronic edition states it is in the public domain.
Psalms Chapter 63 1 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Psalms Chapter 63 2 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
2. The special object of desire was God's perfections as displayed in his worship
(Ps 27:4).
Psalms Chapter 63 3 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
3. Experiencing God's mercy, which exceeds all the blessings of life, his lips will be opened for his praise
(Ps 51:15).
Psalms Chapter 63 4 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
4. Thus--literally, "Truly."
will I bless--praise Thee
(Ps 34:1).
lift up my hands--in worship (compare
Ps 28:2).
in thy name--in praise of Thy perfections.
Psalms Chapter 63 5 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
5-8. Full spiritual blessings satisfy his desires, and acts of praise fill his thoughts and time.
Psalms Chapter 63 6 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
6. night--as well as day. Past favors assure him of future, and hence he presses earnestly near to God, whose power sustains him
(Ps 17:8; 60:5).
Psalms Chapter 63 9 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
9, 10. those . . . to destroy it--or literally, "to ruin," or, "for ruin"; that is, such as seek to injure me (are) for ruin, appointed to it (compare
Ps 35:8).
shall go . . . earth--into the grave, or, to death; as their bodies are represented as a portion for--
Psalms Chapter 63 10 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
10. foxes--literally, "jackals."
Ps 63:1-11.
The historical occasion referred to by the title was probably during Absalom's rebellion (compare
2Sa 15:23, 28; 16:2).
David expresses an earnest desire for God's favor, and a confident expectation of realizing it in his deliverance and the ruin of his enemies.
1. early . . . seek thee--earnestly
(Isa 26:9).
The figurative terms--
dry and thirsty--literally, "weary," denoting moral destitution, suited his outward circumstances.
soul--and--flesh--the whole man
(Ps 16:9, 10).