Psalms 63:2
So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
BSB
ASV
So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory.
KJV
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. He longed not so much to see the sanctuary as to see his God; he looked through the veil of ceremonies to the invisible One. Often had his heart been gladdened by communion with God in the outward ordinances, and for this great blessing he sighs again; as well he might, for it is the weightiest of all earth's sorrows for a Christian man to lose the conscious presence of his covenant God.
How soon are David's complaints and prayers turned into praises and thanksgivings! After two verses that express his desire in seeking God, here are some that express his joy and satisfaction in having found him. Faithful prayers may quickly be turned into joyful praises, if it be not our own fault.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
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O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
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Psalms 105:4Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
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My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!