Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 2. When shall I come ] When, when shall I have the privilege of appearing in his courts before God? In the mouth of a Christian these words would import: "When shall I see my heavenly country? When shall I come to God, the Judge of all, and to Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant?" He who is a stranger and a pilgrim here below, and feels a heart full of piety to God, may use these words in this sense; but he who feels himself here at home, whose soul is not spiritual, wishes the earth to be eternal, and himself eternal on it- feels no panting after the living God.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-5 - The psalmist looked to the Lord as his chief good, and set his hear upon him accordingly; casting anchor thus at first, he rides out the storm. A gracious soul can take little satisfaction in God's courts, i it do not meet with God himself there. Living souls never can take u their rest any where short of a living God. To appear before the Lor is the desire of the upright, as it is the dread of the hypocrite Nothing is more grievous to a gracious soul, than what is intended to shake its confidence in the Lord. It was not the remembrance of the pleasures of his court that afflicted David; but the remembrance of the free access he formerly had to God's house, and his pleasure i attending there. Those that commune much with their own hearts, wil often have to chide them. See the cure of sorrow. When the soul rest on itself, it sinks; if it catches hold on the power and promise of God, the head is kept above the billows. And what is our support unde present woes but this, that we shall have comfort in Him. We have grea cause to mourn for sin; but being cast down springs from unbelief and rebellious will; we should therefore strive and pray against it.
Original Hebrew צמאה6770 נפשׁי5315 לאלהים430 לאל410 חי2416 מתי4970 אבוא935 ואראה7200 פני6440 אלהים׃430
