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Mazmur 63:3
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(63-4) Sebab kasih setia-Mu lebih baik dari pada hidup; bibirku akan memegahkan Engkau.
Bahwasanya telah aku melihat Engkau dalam tempat kesucian-Mu, serta kupandang akan kuasa dan kemuliaan-Mu.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Because: Psalms 4:6, Psalms 21:6, Psalms 30:5, Philippians 1:23, 1 John 3:2
lips: Psalms 30:12, Psalms 51:15, Psalms 66:17, Hosea 14:2, Romans 6:19, Romans 12:1, 1 Corinthians 6:20, Hebrews 13:15, James 3:5-10
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 26:11 - rejoice 1 Chronicles 16:27 - Glory Psalms 26:8 - where Psalms 48:9 - lovingkindness Psalms 69:16 - for thy Psalms 73:25 - Whom Psalms 81:15 - submitted themselves Psalms 90:14 - satisfy Psalms 96:6 - Honour Psalms 109:21 - thy mercy Psalms 147:1 - for it is good Proverbs 3:15 - all Proverbs 3:17 - ways of Song of Solomon 1:2 - thy love Song of Solomon 7:12 - there will I give thee Isaiah 63:7 - mention Ephesians 5:18 - but
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Because thy lovingkindness [is] better than life,.... For life without the love of God is nothing else than death: a man that has no share in the love of God is dead while he lives; all the enjoyments of life, health, riches, honour, friends, c. are nothing without the love of God the meanest temporal blessings with it are preferable to the greatest without it, Proverbs 15:17; it lasts longer than life, and therefore must be better than that; death cannot separate from it; it continues to all eternity. And that the saints prefer it to this natural life appears by their readiness to lay it down for the sake of Christ and his Gospel, in which the lovingkindness of God is so richly manifested unto them; to which may be added, that it is the love of God which gives to his people spiritual life, and which issues in eternal life, and therefore must be better than a temporal one. The Targum is,
"for better is thy kindness, which thou wilt do for the righteous in the world to come, than the life which thou givest the wicked in this world;''
my lips shall praise thee; that is, for thy lovingkindness, and because it is better than life, and any enjoyment of it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Because thy loving-kindness is better than life - Thy favor; thy mercy. This is of more value than life; more to be desired than life. Life is the most valued and valuable thing pertaining to this world which we can possess. See the notes at Job 2:4. But, above this, David valued the favor and friendship of God. If one or the other was to be sacrificed, he preferred that it should be his life; he would be willing to exchange that for the favor of God. Life was not desirable, life furnished no comforts - no joys - without the divine favor.
“My life itself, without Thy love,
No taste of pleasure could afford;
‘Twould but a tiresome burden prove,
If I were banished from the Lord.”
My lips shall praise thee - That is either
(a) because of this loving-kindness; because I have this trust in thy character; or
(b) because thou wilt restore me to the place of public worship, and I shall be permitted again to praise thee.
Probably the latter is the true idea.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 63:3. Thy loving-kindness is better than life — This is the language of every regenerate soul. But O how few prefer the approbation of God to the blessings of life, or even to life itself in any circumstances! But the psalmist says, Thy loving-kindness, חסדך chasdecha, thy effusive mercy, is better מחיים mechaiyim, than LIVES: it is better than, or good beyond, countless ages of human existence.
My lips shall praise thee. — Men praise, or speak well, of power, glory, honour, riches, worldly prospects and pleasures; but the truly religious speak well of GOD, in whom they find infinitely more satisfaction and happiness than worldly men can find in the possession of all earthly good.
