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1A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek{H8762)} thee: my soul thirsteth{H8804)} for thee, my flesh longeth{H8804)} for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
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I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. …
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-2)The title tells us when the psalm was penned, when David was in the wilderness of Judah ; that is, in the forest of Hareth (1 Sam. 22:5) or in the wilderness of Ziph , 1 Sam. 23:15. 1. Even in Canaan, though a fruitful land and the people numerous, yet there were wildernesses, places less fruitful and less inhabited than other places. It will be so in the world, in the church, but not in heaven; t…
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