Psalm 63:3

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Summary

Psalm 63:3

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

Because

1 John 3:2

Lips

Bible References

Because

Many say, "Who can show us anything good?" Smile upon us, Lord!

For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.

For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one's life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.

I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.

Lips

So now my heart will sing to you and not be silent; O Lord my God, I will always give thanks to you.

O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.

I cried out to him for help and praised him with my tongue.

Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: "Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.

(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice -- alive, holy, and pleasing to God -- which is your reasonable service.

For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.

So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.