Psalm 63:3–4
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63:3Because7 experiencing8 your loyal love is better than life itself,
my lips will praise you.
63:4For this reason9 I will praise you while I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands.10
Footnotes
- 7 This line is understood as giving the basis for the praise promised in the following line. Another option is to take the Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) as asseverative/emphasizing, “Indeed, your loyal love is better” (cf. , which leaves the particle untranslated).
- 8 The word “experiencing” is supplied in the translation for clarification. The psalmist does not speak here of divine loyal love in some abstract sense, but of loyal love revealed and experienced.
- 9 Or perhaps “then.”
- 10 I will lift up my hands. Lifting up one’s hands toward God was a gesture of prayer (see Ps 28:2; Lam 2:19) or respect (Ps 119:48).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
My lips will glorify you
because your faithful love is better than life.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
at your name, I will lift up my hands.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Your unfailing love is better than life itself;
how I praise you!
I will praise you as long as I live,
lifting up my hands to you in prayer.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Because your loyal love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
So I will bless you while I live.
I will lift up my hands in your name.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise thee.
Thus will I bless thee while I live:
I will lift up my hands in thy name.
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