Psalms 63:1 in the desert of Judah when he was fleeing from Saul.
Psalms 63:2 I seek You Heb. אשחרך, I seek and search for You, as (Job 7:21): “and You shall seek me (ושחרתני), but I am not here”; (Job 8:5), “If you seek (תשחר) God.”
My soul thirsts for You I thirst and long to come to You in Your house of prayer.
my flesh longs for You Heb. כמה, an expression of desire. There is no similar [Scriptural expression].
in an arid land in the desert.
Psalms 63:3 As I saw You in the Sanctuary, etc. Heb. כן, like כאשר, as. I thirst to see Your strength and Your glory as I saw You in the Sanctuary, the Tabernacle of Shiloh. My soul will be sated with the visions of Your strength and Your glory.
Psalms 63:5 Then I shall bless You in my lifetime Heb. כן, like אָז, then, because אָז is translated ובכן. That is to say: Then, when I come before You, I shall bless You all the days of my life.
in Your name I shall lift my hands to pray and laud.
Psalms 63:6 when my mouth praises with expressions of song Heb. ושפתי, languages of songs, as (Gen. 11: 1): “And all the earth was of one language (שפה),” which is translated: לישן חד.
Psalms 63:7 on my couch When I lie on my couch, I remember Your love.
in the watches of the night.
I meditate about You Heb. אהגה. I think about You.
Psalms 63:9 Your right hand has supported me that I should not fall.
Psalms 63:10 But they My enemies.
seek my soul to make it desolate They come upon me in ambush on a dark day so that I should not sense their presence.
may they come into the depths of the earth In a low place; let them come and fall into the grave and the pit.
Psalms 63:11 May he be dragged by the sword May enemies come upon my pursuers and drag each one of them with a sword, killing him. This is an elliptical verse, since it does not explain who will drag him. יגירהוּ is an expression of dragging, as (Micah 1:4): “as water poured down (המוגרים) a steep place”; (Job. 28:4), “A stream bursts forth from the place of its flow (גר).”
the portion of foxes (I found: the portion of foxes May their dwellings be destroyed, that foxes should walk there.)
Psalms 63:12 And may the king rejoice He says this about himself because he had already been anointed.
may all who swear by Him boast When they see that You will save me, all those who cleave to You and swear by Your name will boast and praise themselves.
for...will be closed Heb. יסכר, will be closed up, as (Gen. 8:2). “The fountains of the great deep...were closed (ויסכרו).”