Psalms 63:3
In a desert land, and where there is no way, and no water: so in the sanctuary have I come before thee, to see thy power and thy glory.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
In Context
4For thy mercy is better than lives: thee my lips shall praise.
Cross References
Psalms 4:6Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and trust in the Lord: many say, Who sheweth us good things?
Psalms 30:5Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: and give praise to the memory of his holiness.
Psalms 42:2As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul panteth after thee, O God.
Psalms 66:17I cried to him with my mouth: and I extolled him with my tongue.
Psalms 69:16Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Hosea 14:2Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God: for thou hast fallen down by thy iniquity.
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 →