Psalms 63:3
Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
In Context
2To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
4Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Cross References
Psalms 4:6There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance.
Psalms 30:5For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a 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 to him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
Psalms 69:16Hear me, O LORD; for thy loving-kindness is good: turn to me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Hosea 14:2Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves 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 →