The Righteous One finding water-springs in God

Driven into the wilderness through the ambition and treachery of Absalom, his son, David reveals the great longing and desire in his heart for the means of grace. To be denied the society of the godly in worship and fellowship was worse than his wilderness surroundings. Soul thirst, on occasions, can be more acute than the thirst of the body.

It is when we are denied the ordinances of God’s house and godly company, that then we realise what past blessings we have enjoyed. But it also tests our spirituality, in that, whether we can praise Him and intensely desire Him in barren circumstances. Can we banquet on fatness when surrounded by the leanness of conditions? The last verse embraces the Messiah King, and thus the sentiments of the whole psalm can be ascribed to Christ. Chrysostom wrote that no day passed in the early church without the singing of this psalm.


Psalm 63

   1  Lord, thee my God, I'll early seek:
         my soul doth thirst for thee;
      My flesh longs in a dry parched land,
         wherein no waters be:

   2  That I thy power may behold,
         and brightness of thy face,
      As I have seen thee heretofore
         within thy holy place.

   3  Since better is thy love than life,
         my lips thee praise shall give.
   4  I in thy name will lift my hands,
         and bless thee while I live.

   5  Ev'n as with marrow and with fat
         my soul shall filled be;
      Then shall my mouth with joyful lips
         sing praises unto thee:

   6  When I do thee upon my bed
         remember with delight,
      And when on thee I meditate
         in watches of the night.

   7  In shadow of thy wings I'll joy;
         for thou mine help hast been.
   8   My soul thee follows hard; and me
         thy right hand doth sustain.

   9  Who seek my soul to spill shall sink
         down to earth's lowest room.
  10  They by the sword shall be cut off,
         and foxes' prey become.

  11  Yet shall the king in God rejoice,
         and each one glory shall
      That swear by him: but stopped shall be
         the mouth of liars all.


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