O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
What does Psalms 63:1 mean?
Early will I seek you. The true Christian devotes to God the morning hour.
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Commentary on Psalms 63:1
The first one - 'Elohiym - is in the plural number, and is the word which is usually employed to designate God Genesis 1:1 ; the second - 'El - is a word which is very often applied to God with the idea of strength - a strong, a mighty One; and there is probably this underlying idea here, that God was the source of his strength, or that in speaking of God as his God, he was conscious of referring to him as Almighty. It was the divine attribute of power on which his mind mainly rested when he spoke of him as his God.
Key words
- I will morning thee
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I will morning thee. (o) "sub auroram quaero te", Piscator. (p) "Studiosissime", Gejerus, Michaelis.
Context in Psalms 63
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Psalms 63 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as Book III. Psalms is the Bible’s great book of sung prayer, teaching the full range of faithful speech from anguish and repentance to jubilation and doxology. Read this chapter with the wider themes of prayer, praise, and lament in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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