In Psalm 63 David is fleeing the coup of his son Absalom. Unreal trauma and heartbreak often helps our perspectives focus on what really matters, and this is no different. Notice that David doesn't want the palace back. He wants God.
O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is not water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
Because of his knowledge of God everything else was dwarfed. Because of his knowledge of God even in the worst of times his relationship with God brought him peace.
But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth....But the king shall rejoice in God...
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