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Psalm 63:2

Gerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622 · Centraal Museum, Utrecht · Public domainGerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622, Centraal Museum, Utrecht

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Psalm 63:2 (WEB)

So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.

Fathers and councils · 6

Augustine of Hippo

Athanasius of Alexandria

Jerome

  • “…for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land where no water is; to see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary,” or, as he sings in another place, “lo, then would I wander far off and remain in the wilderness.” — editor's note: Ps. lxiii. 1, 2.

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  • “…the fountains of lust and to sing in the words of the psalm: “as in a dry and pathless and waterless land, so have I appeared unto thee in the sanctuary.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxiii. 1, 2, Vulg.

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  • “So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxiii. 1–3 R.V.

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John Cassian

  • “…morning;” and “I prevented the dawning of the day and cried;” and again, “Mine eyes to Thee have prevented the morning, that I might meditate on Thy words.”” — editor's note: Pss. lxii. (lxiii.) 2, 7; cxviii. (cxix.) 147, 8. In both East and West Ps. lxii. (lxiii.) has from very early times been used as a morning hymn. See the…

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