Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. New Living Translation Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how I praise you! English Standard Version Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. Berean Standard Bible Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You. King James Bible Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. New King James Version Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. New American Standard Bible Because Your favor is better than life, My lips will praise You. NASB 1995 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will praise You. NASB 1977 Because Thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will praise Thee. Legacy Standard Bible Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will laud You. Amplified Bible Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. Christian Standard Bible My lips will glorify you because your faithful love is better than life. Holman Christian Standard Bible My lips will glorify You because Your faithful love is better than life. American Standard Version Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee. Contemporary English Version Your love means more than life to me, and I praise you. English Revised Version For thy lovingkindness is better than life; my lips shall praise thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation My lips will praise you because your mercy is better than life [itself]. Good News Translation Your constant love is better than life itself, and so I will praise you. International Standard Version Because your gracious love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you. Majority Standard Bible Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You. NET Bible Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you. New Heart English Bible Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. Webster's Bible Translation Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. World English Bible Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBecause better [is] Your kindness than life, "" My lips praise You. Young's Literal Translation Because better is Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee. Smith's Literal Translation For thy mercy was good more than life; my lips shall praise thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor thy mercy is better than lives: thee my lips shall praise. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible For your love is better than life; my lips shall ever praise you! New Revised Standard Version Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBecause thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because your mercies are better than life, and my lips shall praise you. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For Thy lovingkindness is better than life; My lips shall praise Thee. Brenton Septuagint Translation For thy mercy is better than life: my lips shall praise thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Thirsting for God…2So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory. 3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You. 4So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.… Cross References Psalm 36:7 How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings! Psalm 103:11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him. Psalm 86:13 For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol. Psalm 138:2 I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else. Psalm 89:1 A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 107:8-9 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. / For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. Psalm 40:11 O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me. Psalm 57:10 For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds. Psalm 69:16 Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion. Psalm 25:6 Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age. Psalm 31:21 Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege. Psalm 5:7 But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple. Psalm 17:7 Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes. Psalm 61:7 May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him. Psalm 108:4 For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. Treasury of Scripture Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. Because Psalm 4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Psalm 21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. Psalm 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. lips Psalm 30:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. Psalm 51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Psalm 66:17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. Jump to Previous Better Glorify Kindness Loving Lovingkindness Mercy Praise SteadfastJump to Next Better Glorify Kindness Loving Lovingkindness Mercy Praise SteadfastPsalm 63 1. David's thirst for God4. His manner of blessing God 9. His confidence of his enemies' destruction, and his own safety Because Your loving devotion The phrase "loving devotion" is translated from the Hebrew word "חֶסֶד" (chesed), which encompasses a rich tapestry of meanings including mercy, kindness, and steadfast love. In the context of the Old Testament, chesed is a covenantal term, reflecting God's unwavering commitment to His people. This divine attribute is not merely an emotional expression but a binding promise of loyalty and faithfulness. Historically, this concept would have resonated deeply with the Israelites, who understood their relationship with God as one of covenantal love, a promise that God would remain faithful even when they faltered. is better than life my lips will glorify You "So gazing up in my youth at love, As seen through power, ever above All modes which make it manifest, My soul brought all to a single test-- That He, the Eternal, First and Last, Who in His power had so surpassed All man conceives of what is might, Whose wisdom too showed infinite-- Would prove as infinitely good." R. BROWNING: Christmas Eve. Thus--i.e., in the spirit in which he now speaks. For the attitude of the uplifted hands, see Note, Psalm 28:2. . . . Verse 3. - Because thy loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. The complete resignation of the psalmist, his sense of God's "loving kindness," and his desire to "praise," not to complain, are, under the circumstances, most wonderful, most admirable, and furnish a pattern to the Church in all ages.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Becauseכִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction Your loving devotion חַ֭סְדְּךָ (ḥas·də·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty is better ט֣וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good than life, מֵֽחַיִּ֗ים (mê·ḥay·yîm) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life my lips שְׂפָתַ֥י (śə·p̄ā·ṯay) Noun - fdc | first person common singular Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin will glorify You. יְשַׁבְּחֽוּנְךָ׃ (yə·šab·bə·ḥū·nə·ḵā) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | second person masculine singular, Paragogic nun Strong's 7623: To address in a, loud tone, loud, to pacify Links Psalm 63:3 NIVPsalm 63:3 NLT Psalm 63:3 ESV Psalm 63:3 NASB Psalm 63:3 KJV Psalm 63:3 BibleApps.com Psalm 63:3 Biblia Paralela Psalm 63:3 Chinese Bible Psalm 63:3 French Bible Psalm 63:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 63:3 Because your loving kindness is better than (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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