Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 2. My soul longeth ] It is a Levite that speaks, who ardently longs to regain his place in the temple, and his part in the sacred services.
My heart and my flesh ] All the desires of my soul and body; every appetite and wish, both animal and spiritual, long for thy service.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-7 - The ordinances of God are the believer's solace in this evil world; in them he enjoys the presence of the living God: this causes him to regret his absence from them. They are to his soul as the nest to the bird. Yet they are only an earnest of the happiness of heaven; but ho can men desire to enter that holy habitation, who complain of Divin ordinances as wearisome? Those are truly happy, who go forth, and go of in the exercise of religion, in the strength of the grace of Jesu Christ, from whom all our sufficiency is. The pilgrims to the heavenl city may have to pass through many a valley of weeping, and many thirsty desert; but wells of salvation shall be opened for them, an consolations sent for their support. Those that press forward in their Christian course, shall find God add grace to their graces. And thos who grow in grace, shall be perfect in glory.
Original Hebrew נכספה3700 וגם1571 כלתה3615 נפשׁי5315 לחצרות2691 יהוה3068 לבי3820 ובשׂרי1320 ירננו7442 אל413 אל410 חי׃2416
