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Psalm 63:2–4

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2I have seen you in the sanctuaryo

and beheld your power and your glory.p

3Because your love is better than life,q

my lips will glorify you.

4I will praise you as long as I live,r

and in your name I will lift up my hands.s

Read in Logos
Psalm 63:3–4: 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.

Cross references

  1. oSee Ps 15:1; 27:4; 68:24
  2. pSee Ex 16:7
  3. qPs 36:7; 69:16; 106:45; 109:21
  4. rPs 104:33; 146:2; Isa 38:20
  5. sSee Ps 28:2; 1 Ti 2:8

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,

beholding your power and glory.

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So I gaze on you in the sanctuary

to see your strength and your glory.

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

I have seen you in your sanctuary

and gazed upon your power and glory.

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Thus I have seen you in the sanctuary,

beholding your strength and glory.

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

To see thy power and thy glory,

So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

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.