Psalms 63:3 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 63:3

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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27 verses on the floor

Psalms 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.
Psalms 69:16
Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Philippians 1:23
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Psalms 51:15
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
Psalms 73:25
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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): Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, than lives, life and all the comforts of life, life in its best estate, long life and prosperity. God's lovingkindness is in itself, and in the account of all the saints, better than life. It is our spiritual life, and that is better than temporal life, Ps. xxx.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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