11/21/2024 – Day 151 – Psalm – Chapters 63 – 65 / “ACTS” acronym on prayer (Adoration / Confession / Thanksgiving / Supplication) : Praying the Psalms – make sure you put Psalm 63 on your “A” = Adoration short list!
Psalm 63 is entitled “Praise God Who Satisfies” in the “Apologetics Study Bible”. It is a Davidic psalm written when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
I would like to share my Bible footnoteson this chapter:
“So I gaze on You in the sanctuary to see Your strength and Your glory.” (Psalm 63:2)
Footnote:
“63:2. To ‘gaze on the Lord in the sanctuary (to ‘see’ Him or ‘see His face’) may be figurative language for the inward vision of God’s glory and His help (see 17:15 – (*A) ). It may also refer to some specific action of the priests during the sanctuary rites, when the Lord was understood to be ‘seen’ in a special way.”
(*A) – Let’s follow this trail:
“But I will see Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with Your presence.” (Psalm 17: 15)
Footnote:
“When the Psalmist says he will see God’s face, he probably means a spiritual experience in the sanctuary in which God would reveal Himself more fully (11:7; 27:4; 42:2; 63:2), possibly a visionary experience similar to that of Ezekiel (Ezk 1: 1-28). To ‘see God’s face is to experience the reality of His presence (Psalm 24:6). In view of the later revelation of the believers’ resurrection in Christ, these words took on greater meaning (1 John 3:2; Revelation 22:4). But that fuller meaning does not nullify the original reference to a spiritual experience.”
Soli Deo Gloria!