Psalm 63:2
New International Version
I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.

New Living Translation
I have seen you in your sanctuary and gazed upon your power and glory.

English Standard Version
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.

Berean Standard Bible
So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.

King James Bible
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

New King James Version
So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.

New American Standard Bible
So have I seen You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and glory.

NASB 1995
Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.

NASB 1977
Thus I have beheld Thee in the sanctuary, To see Thy power and Thy glory.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus I have beheld You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.

Amplified Bible
So I have gazed upon You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.

Christian Standard Bible
So I gaze on you in the sanctuary to see your strength and your glory.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I gaze on You in the sanctuary to see Your strength and Your glory.

American Standard Version
So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory.

Contemporary English Version
I have seen your power and your glory in the place of worship.

English Revised Version
So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, to see thy power and thy glory.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So I look for you in the holy place to see your power and your glory.

Good News Translation
Let me see you in the sanctuary; let me see how mighty and glorious you are.

International Standard Version
So I have looked for you in the sanctuary, to behold your power and glory.

Majority Standard Bible
So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.

NET Bible
Yes, in the sanctuary I have seen you, and witnessed your power and splendor.

New Heart English Bible
So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.

Webster's Bible Translation
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

World English Bible
So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
So I have seen You in the sanctuary, "" To behold Your strength and Your glory.

Young's Literal Translation
So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thus in the holy place I saw thee, to see thy strength and thy glory.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
In a desert land, and where there is no way, and no water: so in the sanctuary have I come before thee, to see thy power and thy glory.

Catholic Public Domain Version
By a deserted land, both inaccessible and waterless, so I have appeared in the sanctuary before you, in order to behold your virtue and your glory.

New American Bible
I look to you in the sanctuary to see your power and glory.

New Revised Standard Version
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
As, in purity, I have seen thee, so may I see thy power and thy glory.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
As I have gazed upon you in the truth, that I may see your might and your honor
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
So have I looked for Thee in the sanctuary, To see Thy power and Thy glory.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thus have I appeared before thee in the sanctuary, that I might see thy power and thy glory.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Thirsting for God
1A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water. 2So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory. 3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.…

Cross References
Exodus 33:18-23
Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.” / “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” / But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.” ...

Isaiah 6:1-5
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple. / Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. / And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.” ...

2 Corinthians 3:18
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Revelation 1:12-17
Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, / and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest. / The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire. ...

Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

John 14:9
Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

1 John 3:2
Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

Revelation 22:4
They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

Psalm 27:4
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

Psalm 42:1-2
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. / My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?

Psalm 84:2
My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Psalm 105:4
Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Isaiah 40:5
And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.


Treasury of Scripture

To see your power and your glory, so as I have seen you in the sanctuary.

To see

Psalm 27:4
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

Psalm 78:61
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

Psalm 105:4
Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

in the

Psalm 68:24
They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

Psalm 73:17,18
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end…

Psalm 77:13,14
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? …

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So I have seen You in the sanctuary
So
The word "so" in this context serves as a bridge, connecting the psalmist's current longing for God with a past experience of divine encounter. It implies a continuity of desire and experience, suggesting that the psalmist's yearning is not new but rooted in a history of seeking and finding God. This word invites us to reflect on our own spiritual journeys, recognizing that our present thirst for God is often fueled by past moments of divine presence.

I have seen You
The phrase "I have seen You" is deeply personal and experiential. In Hebrew, the verb "seen" (רָאָה, ra'ah) implies more than just physical sight; it encompasses understanding and perceiving with the heart. This suggests that the psalmist has had a profound encounter with God, one that transcends mere observation and enters the realm of intimate knowledge. It challenges us to seek not just to know about God, but to truly see Him in our lives.

in the sanctuary
The "sanctuary" refers to the holy place where God's presence dwells, likely the tabernacle or temple in ancient Israel. In the Hebrew context, the sanctuary was the center of worship and a symbol of God's dwelling among His people. This phrase underscores the importance of communal worship and the sacred spaces where believers gather to encounter God. It reminds us of the value of setting apart places and times for worship, where we can experience God's presence in a tangible way.

(2) To see thy power . . .--The transposition of the clauses in the Authorised Version weakens the sense. Render, So (i.e., in this state of religious fervour) in the sanctuary have I had vision of thee in seeing thy might and glory. The psalmist means, that while he saw with his eyes the outward signs of Divine glory, he had a spiritual vision (the Hebrew word is that generally used of prophetic vision) of God.

Verse 2. - To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. This is the form which the longing takes - to see God once more worshipped in the sanctuary in all the "beauty of holiness," as he had so often seen him previously (comp. 2 Samuel 15:25).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So
כֵּ֭ן (kên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

I have seen You
חֲזִיתִ֑יךָ (ḥă·zî·ṯî·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2372: To gaze at, to perceive, contemplate, to have a, vision of

in the sanctuary,
בַּקֹּ֣דֶשׁ (baq·qō·ḏeš)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

to behold
לִרְא֥וֹת (lir·’ō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7200: To see

Your power
עֻ֝זְּךָ֗ (‘uz·zə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5797: Strength, might

and glory.
וּכְבוֹדֶֽךָ׃ (ū·ḵə·ḇō·w·ḏe·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness


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