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Soכֵּןin the holy placeבַּקֹּדֶשׁI have gazed on you,חֲזִיתִיךָto seeלִרְאוֹתyour strengthעֻזְּךָand your glory.וּכְבוֹדֶךָ
Psalms 63:2
Study it in the app“So in the holy place I have gazed on you, to see your strength and your glory.”
In the wilderness David thirsts for God; his steadfast love is better than lifeLove
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 63:2, word by word
- in the holy placeקֹּדֶשׁkodesh
sanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kodesh” appears- I have gazed on youחֲזִיתִיchaziti
gaze
To fix one's gaze on something or someone, behold it.
Where else “chaziti” appears- to seeרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- your strengthעֻזְּuz
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “uz” appears- and your gloryכְבוֹדֶchevode
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “chevode” appears
The context
1A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. Elohim, my El are you; I seek you earnestly; my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you, in a land dry and weary, without water.
2 · This verse (above)
3For better is your loyal love than life; my lips will extol you.