Psalms 63:3
For thy lovingkindness is better than life; my lips shall praise thee.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
In Context
2So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, to see thy power and thy glory.
4So will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Cross References
Psalms 4:6Many there be that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Psalms 30:5For his anger is but for a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may tarry for the night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Psalms 42:2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Psalms 66:17I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
Psalms 69:16Answer me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
Hosea 14:2Take with you words, and return unto the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render as bullocks the offering 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 →