Psalms 63:2

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

Key Reflection

Psalms 63:2 speaks of the psalmist's experience of encountering God’s presence and majesty within the sacred space of the sanctuary. This encounter involves witnessing God's power and glory, which serves as a source of deep spiritual sustenance and joy.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

To see thy power and thy glory -The reference here is to what was manifested of the presence and the power of God in the services of public worship; the praises, the prayers, the rejoicings, the evidences of the divine presence. So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary -At the tabernacle, amidst the solenm services of divine worship. There seems to be no reason for supposing that he here refers to the mere external pomp and splendor of public worship, but he doubtless includes the power of the divine presence which he had felt in such services on his own soul.

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