Psalm 63:1-7

1 Ein Psalm von David, als er in der Wüste Juda war. Gott, du bist mein Gott! Frühe suche ich dich. Es dürstet nach dir meine Seele, nach dir schmachtet mein Fleisch in einem dürren und lechzenden Lande ohne Wasser,

2 gleichwie ich dich angeschaut habe im Heiligtum, um deine Macht und deine Herrlichkeit zu sehen.

3 Denn deine Güte ist besser als Leben; meine Lippen werden dich rühmen.

4 Also werde ich dich preisen während meines Lebens, meine Hände aufheben in deinem Namen.

5 Wie von Mark und Fett wird gesättigt werden meine Seele, und mit jubelnden Lippen wird loben mein Mund,

6 Wenn ich deiner gedenke auf meinem Lager, über dich sinne in den Nachtwachen.

7 Denn du bist mir zur Hilfe gewesen, und ich werde jubeln in dem Schatten deiner Flügel.

Psalm 63:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 63

\\<>\\. This psalm was composed by David, either when he was persecuted by Saul, and obliged to hide himself in desert places, as in the forest of Hareth, the wildernesses of Ziph, Maon, and Engedi, \1Sa 22:5 23:14,24,25 24:1\; all which were in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:55,62; or when his son Absalom rebelled against him, which obliged him to flee from Jerusalem, and go the way of the wilderness, where Ziba and Barzillai sent him food, lest his young men that were with him should faint there, \2Sa 15:23 16:2 17:29\. The Septuagint version, and those that follow that, call it the wilderness of Idumea, or Edom, as the Arabic version; and so the Chaldee paraphrase, ``in the wilderness which was on the border of the tribe of Judah;'' as Edom was, Jos 15:21; so the Messiah, David's son, was in a wilderness, where he was tempted by the devil, and where he was hungry and thirsty in a literal sense, as David was here in a spiritual sense, as the psalm shows, Mt 4:1,2; and the church of God, whom David sometimes represents, is said to be in a wilderness, where she is fed for a time, and times, and half a time, even during the whole reign of the antichristian beast, Re 12:14; and, indeed, all the saints are, at one time or another, in a desert condition, and while they are here are in the wilderness of the people, Ho 2:14, Eze 20:35.