Psalms 63:3
Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
BSB
ASV
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.
KJV
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life. A reason for that which went before, as well as for that which follows. Life is dear, but God's love is dearer. To dwell with God is better than life at its best; life at ease, in a palace, in health, in honour, in wealth, in pleasure; yea, a thousand lives are not equal to the eternal life which abides in Jehovah's smile.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
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“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
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Hebrews 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
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Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
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Philippians 1:23I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
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We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.