Psalms 63:3

In 11 translations

BSB

Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.

KJV

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

WEB

Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.

ASV

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.

LSV

Because better [is] Your kindness than life, || My lips praise You.

YLT

Because better [is] Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.

DBY

For thy loving-kindness is better than life: my lips shall praise thee.

DRC62:4

For thy mercy is better than lives: thee my lips shall praise.

GNV

For thy louing kindnesse is better then life: therefore my lippes shall prayse thee.

JPS63:4

For Thy lovingkindness is better than life; my lips shall praise Thee.

LXXE62:4

For thy mercy is better than life: my lips shall praise thee.Gr. lives.

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Original-language editions

WLC63:4

כִּי־ט֣וֹב חַ֭סְדְּךָ מֵֽחַיִּ֗ים שְׂפָתַ֥י יְשַׁבְּחֽוּנְךָ׃KJV:Ps.63.3

LXX-Br62:4

Ὅτι κρεῖσσον τὸ ἔλεός σου ὑπὲρ ζωὰς, τὰ χείλη μου ἐπαινέσουσί σε.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Philippians 1:23I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
• Psalms 69:16Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
• Psalms 51:15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
• Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
• Hebrews 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
• 1 Corinthians 6:20you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
• Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
• Psalms 30:12that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.
• Romans 6:19I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness…
• 1 John 3:2Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
• James 3:5–10In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze. The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the…
• Hosea 14:2Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
• Psalms 21:6For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
• Psalms 66:17I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.
• Psalms 4:6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

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