Psalm 63

Psalm 63. Illustration of the Utrecht Psalter : " Your right hand holds me ... You are given to the sword "

Psalm 63 is a psalm of David from the second book of the psalter .

Classification

According to CH Spurgeon, the psalm can be divided as follows:

• V. 1: Author and circumstance of the writing.
• Verses 2-9: Here the psalmist expresses his holy longing for God and the trust he has in God.
• Verses 10-12: Here he prophesies about the downfall of all his enemies.

circumstances

King David is in the desert of Judah, probably on the run from his son Absalom, who stole his kingdom from him. Accordingly, the psalm was written in the 11th century BC. This story is described in the Bible in 2 Sam 15  SLT .

content

In this psalm King David describes his flight into a desolate desert. Nevertheless, he experiences God there as strongly as if he were in the temple in Jerusalem. Here, too, he continues to trust in God's help and is certain that God will save him from this trouble too. At the end of the psalm he describes the end of those who persecute him. As in other psalms, David is interpreted as a type of Jesus Christ.

Web links

Commons : Psalm 63  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 63 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 63 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Sheet music in the public domain for settings of Psalm 63 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CH Spurgeon: The Treasury of David CLV, 2004, p. 840
2. ↑ Roger Liebi: Released after 4151 years! A brief aid to understanding the dates of the Old Testament. Edition Nehemia, 2015, ISBN 978-3-906289-06-9