New King James Version
Psalms 63:3
3Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.
Psalms 63:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how I praise you!
Context of Psalms 63:3
1O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. 2So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. 4Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. 5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.
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כִּי־ט֣וֹב חַ֭סְדְּךָ מֵֽחַיִּ֗ים שְׂפָתַ֥י יְשַׁבְּחֽוּנְךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 63:3
- Psalms 4:6There are many who say, “Who will show us any good?” Lord, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us.
- Psalms 21:6For You have made him most blessed forever; You have made him exceedingly glad with Your presence.
- Psalms 30:5For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.
- Philippians 1:23For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
- 1 John 3:2Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
- Psalms 30:12To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
- Psalms 51:15O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.
- Psalms 66:17I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was extolled with my tongue.
- Hosea 14:2Take words with you, And return to the Lord. Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity; Receive us graciously, For we will offer the sacrifices of our lips.
- Romans 6:19I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.
- Romans 12:1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
- 1 Corinthians 6:20For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
- Hebrews 13:15Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
- James 3:5Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!
Commentaries on Psalms 63:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Thy loving-kindness is better than life - This is the language of every regenerate soul. But O how few prefer the approbation of God to the blessings of life, or even to life itself in any circumstances! But the psalmist says, Thy loving-kindness, חסדך chasdecha, thy effusive mercy, is better מחיים mechaiyim, than Lives: it is better than, or good beyond, countless ages of human existence. My lips shall praise thee - Men praise, or speak well, of power…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Because thy loving-kindness is better than life - Thy favor; thy mercy. This is of more value than life; more to be desired than life. Life is the most valued and valuable thing pertaining to this world which we can possess. See the notes at Job 2:4. But, above this, David valued the favor and friendship of God. If one or the other was to be sacrificed, he preferred that it should be his life; he would be willing to exchange that for the favor of God…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-6Verses 3-6 Even in affliction we need not want matter for praise. When this is the regular frame of a believer's mind, he values the loving-kindness of God more than life. God's loving-kindness is our spiritual life, and that is better than temporal life. We must praise God with joyful lips; we must address ourselves to the duties of religion with cheerfulness, and speak forth the praises of God from a principle of holy joy. Praising lips must be joyful…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3better than life: The best life comes from a relationship with God (see Psalms 4:7; 63:5; Proverbs 16:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Experiencing God's mercy, which exceeds all the blessings of life, his lips will be opened for his praise (Psa 51:15).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 63
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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