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Psalms 63:2

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To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
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  1. Psalms 27:4Rank 1 from verse 2
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    4One 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.

  2. Psalms 105:4Rank 2 from verse 2
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    4Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

  3. Psalms 84:2–11Rank 3 from verse 2
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    2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

    3Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

    4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

    5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

    6Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

    7They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

    8O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

    9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

    10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

    11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  4. Psalms 96:6Rank 4 from verse 2
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    6Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

  5. 1 Chronicles 16:11Rank 5 from verse 2
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    11Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

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Psalms 63:2

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see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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power

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Sense 1: Ability, strength, force, or effective capacity to act, prevail, or produce an effect. Sense 2: Authority, right, permission, rule, dominion, or control. Sense 3: A person, authority, host, spiritual being, or other agent possessing or manifesting power.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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63:1O GOD, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

63:2To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

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63:3Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

63:4Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

63:5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

63:6When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

63:7Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

63:8My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

63:9But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

63:10They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

63:11But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

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