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Psalms 63:2
So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David addresses God while isolated in the Wilderness of Judah, describing his present physical thirst and exhaustion. The verse records his past encounter with God’s manifested power and glory within the sanctuary.
The words — The Hebrew term קֹדֶשׁ (qodesh) literally denotes the sanctuary or holy place, identifying the specific location where the speaker previously beheld divine attributes.
The thread — The sanctuary focus aligns with the desire to dwell in the LORD’s house (Psalms 27:4), the instruction to seek His strength (Psalms 105:4), and the soul’s longing for His courts (Psalms 84:2).
Why it lands — The text establishes that physical deprivation does not negate prior spiritual revelation, requiring the reader to anchor present desperation in the recorded reality of God’s power and glory.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Cross-references
- Psalms 27:4 One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
- Psalms 105:4 Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
- Psalms 84:2 My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- Psalms 96:6 Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty fill His sanctuary.
- 1 Chronicles 16:11 Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
- Exodus 33:18 Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”
- 1 Samuel 4:21 And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
- Psalms 145:11 They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,
- Psalms 68:24 They have seen Your procession, O God—the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.