Psalms 63:3
Because better [is] Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
In Context
2So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.
4So I bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands.
Cross References
Psalms 4:6Many are saying, 'Who doth show us good?' Lift on us the light of Thy face, O Jehovah,
Psalms 30:5For — a moment [is] in His anger, Life [is] in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.
Psalms 42:2My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?
Psalms 66:17Unto Him [with] my mouth I have called, And exaltation [is] under my tongue.
Psalms 69:16Answer me, O Jehovah, for good [is] Thy kindness, According to the abundance Of Thy mercies turn Thou unto me,
Hosea 14:2Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah, Say ye unto Him: 'Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we do render the fruit 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 →