Matthew Henry Commentary Psalms 63:1-2

"O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is. So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory." — Psalms 63:1-2 (ASV)

Early will I seek thee. The true Christian devotes the morning hour to God. He opens the eyes of his understanding with those of his body, and awakes each morning to righteousness. He arises with a thirst after those comforts which the world cannot give, and has immediate recourse by prayer to the Fountain of the water of life.

The true believer is convinced that nothing in this sinful world can satisfy the wants and desires of his immortal soul; he expects his happiness from God, as his portion. When faith and hope are most exercised, the world appears a weary desert, and the believer longs for the joys of heaven, of which he has some foretastes in the ordinances of God on earth.