Tree of Life Version
Psalms 63:3
3So, I looked for You in the Sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory.
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 King James Version (NKJV)Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.
Context of Psalms 63:3
1A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 2O God, You are my God, earnestly I seek You. My soul thirsts for You. My flesh longs for You in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. So, I looked for You in the Sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. 4Since Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You. 5So I will bless You as long as I live. In Your name I lift up my hands.
Read all of Psalms 63Psalms 63:3 word by word
כִּי־ט֣וֹב חַ֭סְדְּךָ מֵֽחַיִּ֗ים שְׂפָתַ֥י יְשַׁבְּחֽוּנְךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 63:3
- Psalms 4:6Offer righteous sacrifices and put your trust in Adonai.
- Psalms 21:6His glory is great through Your salvation. Honor and majesty You bestow on him.
- Psalms 30:5Sing praise to Adonai, His faithful ones, and praise His holy name.
- Philippians 1:23I am torn between the two—having a desire to leave and be with Messiah, which is far better;
- 1 John 3:2Loved ones, now we are God’s children; and it has not yet been revealed what we will be. But we do know that when it’s revealed, we shall be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.
- Psalms 30:12You turned my mourning into dancing. You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy.
- Psalms 51:15Then will I teach transgressors Your ways and sinners will return to You.
- Psalms 66:17I cried out to Him with my mouth, and exaltation was on my tongue.
- Hosea 14:2Return O Israel, to Adonai your God, for you have stumbled in your iniquity.
- Romans 6:19I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you yielded your body parts as slaves to uncleanness and lawlessness, leading to more lawlessness, so now yield your body parts as slaves to righteousness, resulting in holiness.
- Romans 12:1I urge you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice—holy, acceptable to God—which is your spiritual service.
- 1 Corinthians 6:20For you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.
- Hebrews 13:15Through Yeshua then, let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips giving thanks to His name.
- James 3:5So also the tongue is a small member—yet it boasts of great things. See how so small a fire sets a blaze so great a forest!
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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