Psalms 63:3
Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
World English Bible Classic
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, watching your power and your glory.
4So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.
Cross References
Psalms 4:6Many say, “Who will show us any good?” LORD, let the light of your face shine on us.
Psalms 30:5For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Psalms 42:2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Psalms 66:17I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.
Psalms 69:16Answer me, LORD, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
Hosea 14:2Take words with you, and return to the LORD. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed 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 →