Psalms 63:2

What does Psalms 63:2 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 63:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Hear O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

To see thy power and thy glory, as I have beheld thee in the sanctuary;

Context

v.1O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.

v.2This passage

v.3Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 73:17

    Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:4

    in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

  • Psalms 96:6

    Honor and majesty are before him: Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

  • Psalms 27:4

    One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.

  • Psalms 134:2

    Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.

  • Psalms 145:11

    They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, And talk of thy power;

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