Psalms 63:3
Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
In Context
2So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
4So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
Cross References
Psalms 4:6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Psalms 42:2My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
Psalms 66:17I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.
Psalms 69:16Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
Hosea 14:2Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit 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 →