Psalms 63:3
(63:4) Because thy kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee:
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
In Context
2(63:3) As I have beheld thee in the sanctuary, seeing thy strength and thy glory;
4(63:5) Thus will I bless thee while I live; in thy name will I lift up my hands.
Cross References
Psalms 4:6(4:7) Many say, “Who will show us happiness? Let shine brightly over us the light of thy countenance, O Lord.”
Psalms 30:5(30:6) For his anger is momentary, [but] life is in his favor: in the evening [cometh] weeping to stay for a night, but in the morning, there is joyful song.
Psalms 42:2(42:3) My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I go [again] and be seen in the presence of God?
Psalms 66:17Unto him I cried with my mouth, and a song of extolling was on my tongue.
Psalms 69:16(69:17) Answer me, O Lord; for thy kindness is good: according to the multitude of thy mercies turn thou unto me.
Hosea 14:2(14:3) Take with you swords, and return to the Lord: say unto him, “Pardon all [our] iniquity, and accept [our return to] good; and let us repay the steers [of sacrifice] with [the prayer 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 →