PSAL. LXIII.
David under persecution sheweth his thirst for God, and comforts that he had found in him. 10 His confidence of his enemies destruction, and his owne safety.
A Psalme of David, when he was in the [unspec 1] wildernesse of Iudah.
O God, thou art my God, early will I [unspec 2] seck thee; my soule thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth ardently for thee in a land of drought, & wea••y without waters.
So as I did view thee in the sanctuary, for to [unspec 3] [unspec 4] see thy strength, and thy glory. Because thy mercy is better than life, my lips shall cele∣brate thee. So will I blesse thee in my life, in [unspec 5] [unspec 6] thy name will I lift up my palmes. My soule shall be satisfied as with fat and ••atnesse, and my mouth shall praise with lips of shouting joy. When I remember thee on my beds, [unspec 7] [unspec 8] meditate on thee in the night-watches. That thou hast beene a helpfulnesse to mee, and in the shadow of thy wings I shouted. My [unspec 9] soule cleaveth after thee, thy right hand up∣holdeth me. But they that seeke my soule [unspec 10] for tumultuous ruine, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. They shall make him run [unspec 11] out by the hands of the sword, they shall be the portion of Foxes. But the King shall [unspec 12] rejoyce in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory, but stopped shall bee the mouth of them that speake a lye.
WIldernesse of ••••dah] the forest of Hareth, [unspec 1] 1 Sam. 22. 5. or, the wildernesse of Ziph, 1 Sam. 23. 14. both which were in the tribe of Iudah.
Vers. 2. early] this noteth care and diligence, Iob [unspec 2] 8. 5. Hos. 5. 15. Psal. 78. 34. Prov. 1. 28. Luk. 21. 38. longeth ardently] this word (which is here on∣ly found) seemeth to denote an earnest or hot appe∣tite for meat, as the former thirst is for drinke. land of drought] that is, dry land, for so the wilds or desarts were usually waterlesse, Psal. 107. 33, 35. Exod. 17. 1. Num. 20. 1, 2. Ie••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 6. weary] and consequently thirsty, which is caused by wearinesse. So Psal. 143. 6. Or wearisome to travell, as the Greeke translateth it, wailesse, which none can goe in.
Vers. 3. the sanctuary] or, the sanctitie▪ the holy [unspec 3] place, so called for the more reverence, and because holinesse became that house, Psal. 93. 5. for to see] this may be meant of his present desire to behold it as in time past: or as a continued speech of his pas∣sed comfort, when I did behold thy strength. thy strength and thy glory] both these were seene in the Arke of the testimonie, whence Gods oracles were uttered, Exod. 25. 22. Num. 7. 89. called therefore the arke of Gods strength, Ps. 132. 8. & also his glory, 1 Sam. 4. 21, 22. See also Ps. 78. 61. and 105. 4.