Psalms 63:3
For thy louing kindnesse is better then life: therefore my lippes shall prayse thee.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
In Context
2Thus I beholde thee as in the Sanctuarie, when I beholde thy power and thy glorie.
4Thus will I magnifie thee all my life, and lift vp mine hands in thy name.
Cross References
Psalms 4:6Many say, Who will shewe vs any good? but Lord, lift vp the light of thy countenance vpon vs.
Psalms 30:5For he endureth but a while in his anger: but in his fauour is life: weeping may abide at euening, but ioy commeth in the morning.
Psalms 42:2My soule thirsteth for God, euen for the liuing God: when shall I come and appeare before the presence of God?
Psalms 66:17I called vnto him with my mouth, and he was exalted with my tongue.
Psalms 69:16Heare me, O Lord, for thy louing kindnes is good: turne vnto me according to ye multitude of thy tender mercies.
Hosea 14:2O Israel, returne vnto the Lord thy God: for thou hast fallen by thine iniquitie.
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 →