Salmi 63:1-7

1 Salmo di Davide: quand’era nel deserto di Giuda. O Dio, tu sei l’Iddio mio, io ti cerco dall’alba; l’anima mia è assetata di te, la mia carne ti brama in una terra arida, che langue, senz’acqua.

2 Così t’ho io mirato nel santuario per veder la tua forza e la tua gloria.

3 Poiché la tua benignità val meglio della vita; le mie labbra ti loderanno.

4 Così ti benedirò finché io viva, e alzerò le mani invocando il tuo nome.

5 L’anima mia sarà saziata come di midollo e di grasso, e la mia bocca ti loderà con labbra giubilanti.

6 Quand’io mi ricordo di te sul mio letto, medito di te nelle veglie della notte.

7 Poiché tu sei stato il mio aiuto, ed io giubilo all’ombra delle tue ali.

Salmi 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.