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Psalms 63:1-8

Psalms 63:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Sublime things.

Chrysostom says, "That it was decreed and ordained by the primitive Fathers that no day should pass without the public singing of this psalm."

I. THE GRANDEST CONVICTION THE CREATURE CAN HAVE. (.) That God is ours, and that we are God's.

II. THE GRANDEST LONGING OF BODY AND SOUL. (.)

III. THE GRANDEST VISION OF LIFE. (.) To see the power and glory of God.

IV. THE GRANDEST SONG. (.) The loving kindness of God better than life "in all the fulness of its earthly meaning."

V. THE MOST ABOUNDING SATISFACTION OF THE SOUL. (.)

VI. THE SUREST AND SAFEST PROTECTION. (.)

VII. THE MOST UNFAILING SUPPORT. (.)—S.

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