Psalms 63:3
For thy loving-kindness is better than life; Therefore my lips shall praise thee!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
In Context
2Thus I look toward thee in thy sanctuary, To behold thy power and thy glory!
4Thus will I bless thee, while I live; In thy name will I lift up my hands!
Cross References
Psalms 4:6There are many who say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us!
Psalms 30:5For his anger endureth but a moment, But his favor through life; In the evening sorrow may be a guest, But joy cometh in the morning.
Psalms 42:2My soul thirsteth for God, the living God: When shall I come, and appear before God?
Psalms 66:17I called upon him with my mouth, And praise is now upon my tongue.
Psalms 69:16Hear me, O LORD! since great is thy loving-kindness; According to the abundance of thy tender mercies look upon me!
Hosea 14:2Take with you words, And return to Jehovah, saying, “Forgive all our iniquity, and receive us graciously, And we will render to thee the sacrifices 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 →