Day 194 - Psalm 63 & 64

From: Chapter-A-Day: Volume 3 By: Norman W. Berry

• 1 min. read • grade level: 4

V.1 He seeks for God. His soul thirsts for Him; his flesh (body) longs for Him. From time to time we should remind ourselves that there are different lessons in these Psalms. Very often they are the language of the heart of Jesus while He was here on earth written long before He was born. At times they are the feelings of David in his trials. But most of them can teach us lessons for our own problems today. Here, the Lord feels deeply the hatred of those who rejected Him. No doubt also the godly Jews will feel the same way in the time of the great tribulation yet to come to them (“D” on your chart). But in it all, there is confidence and trust in the Lord.

Notice in Psalm 63:1,¹<<A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.>> O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; (Psalm 63:1) his soul thirsts; in verse 5, his soul is satisfied and in verse 8 his soul finds fellowship.

V.6 Contrast this verse with Ecclesiastes 2:23²³For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. (Ecclesiastes 2:23).

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