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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Psalms 63:1 - 63:1
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Psa 63:1-11. The historical occasion referred to by the title was probably during Absalom’s rebellion (compare 2Sa 15:23, 2Sa 15:28; 2Sa 16:2). David expresses an earnest desire for God’s favor, and a confident expectation of realizing it in his deliverance and the ruin of his enemies.
early ... seek thee - earnestly (Isa 26:9). The figurative terms -
dry and thirsty - literally, “weary,” denoting moral destitution, suited his outward circumstances.
soul - and - flesh - the whole man (Psa 16:9, Psa 16:10).