Psalms 63:3
For thy loving-kindness is better than life: my lips shall praise thee.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
In Context
2To see thy power and thy glory, as I have beheld thee in the sanctuary;
4So will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Cross References
Psalms 4:6Many say, Who shall cause us to see good? Lift up upon us the light of thy countenance, O Jehovah.
Psalms 30:5For a moment [is passed] in his anger, a life in his favour; at even weeping cometh for the night, and at morn there is rejoicing.
Psalms 42:2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Psalms 66:17I called unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
Psalms 69:16Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;
Hosea 14:2Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah; say unto him, Forgive all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 63:2-3
Devout Affections. 1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; 2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. The title tells us when the psalm was penned, when David was in the wilderness of Judah; that is, in the forest of Hareth ( 1 Sam. xxii. 5 ) or in the wilderness of Ziph, 1 Sam. xxiii. 15 . 1. Even in Canaan, though a fruitful land and the people numerous, yet there were… Read the whole commentary →