"As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;
when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness."
What I find fascinating about this passage is how David compares himself with the "men of the world" (v14). Their portion is in this life (they have wealth, children, and an inheritance) but David's portion is the Lord himself. What is shocking is that wealth, children, and an inheritance are considered blessings from the Lord, yet David follows these blessings to their intended culmination, namely the worship of God. We must be more satisfied in God than in his gifts, in His Presences than with his presents.
But only those who are blameless will ascend his holy hill (Ps 15). Only those who are pure in heart shall see behold his face (Mat 5:8).
O Lord, make me pure. Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right! You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, and have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
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