Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Psalms 63:3
lovingkindness. grace.
praise. commend, or extol. Hebrew. ahabah. used only by David and Solomon.
lovingkindness. grace.
praise. commend, or extol. Hebrew. ahabah. used only by David and Solomon.
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 it...
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 wor...
Psalms 63 Heart Longings _ 1. To see Thy power and glory (Psalms 63:1)_ 2. Satisfied longings (Psalms 63:5) A Psalm of David when he was an outcast in the wilderness of Judah. Thus it fits in well...
LXIII. Written by one who has seen God's glory in the Temple and resolved to praise Him all his life. He is confident his enemies will perish. Psalms 63:11 refers to a Hebrew king, possibly Maccabean...
_Because thy lovingkindness_&c. R.V. renders, _For thy lovingkindness_&c., a further reason for the longing of Psalms 63:1. But it is best to retain the rendering of the A.V. He has waited to see God'...
The joy of grateful praise....
DISCOURSE: 600 THE BELIEVER’S DISPOSITIONS TOWARDS GOD Psalms 63:1. O God, thou art my God: early will I seek thee; my soul thirsteth for thee; my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land wher...
PSALMS 63 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Banished Soul, Athirst for God, Anticipates Satisfaction and Vindication. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 63:1, The Psalmist Avows and Describes his Longing for God. Stanza...
_BECAUSE THY LOVINGKINDNESS IS BETTER THAN LIFE, MY LIPS SHALL PRAISE THEE._ Because thy loving-kindness (is) better than life. This gives the reason why he so eagerly thirsts after God, and after th...
Title.—A PSALM OF DAVID, WHEN HE WAS IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH. The writer of this Ps. is a king (Psalms 63:11), who is at a distance from the sanctuary, and in danger from eager foes. If the title b...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
BECAUSE. — Such a sense of the blessedness of Divine favour — here in its peculiar sense of covenant favour — that it is better than life itself, calls for gratitude displayed all through life. “Love...
_[Psalms 63:4]_ כִּי ־טֹ֣וב חַ֭סְדְּךָ מֵֽ חַיִּ֗ים...
Psalms 63:1 IF the psalmist is allowed to speak, he gives many details of his circumstances in his song. He is in a waterless and weary land, excluded from the sanctuary, followed by enemies seeking...
THE LONGING SOUL ABUNDANTLY SATISFIED Psalms 63:1 Ever since the third century this has been the morning song of the Church. The superscription tells us that it was written in the wilderness of Judah...
Here the conviction which has been the inspiration of the two previous psalms reaches a consummation of expression. The song can hardly be divided, for it runs on in a continuous outpouring of praise....
_Malignant. I am encouraged to hope by past experience. (Worthington)_...
Every verse in this beautiful Psalm is a pearl, because every part and portion of it points to Jesus. Whether we hear Christ during his wilderness-exercises thus express himself, or whether David, as...
3_Because thy mercy is better than life, etc. _I have no objections to read the verse in this connected form, though I think that the first clause would be better separated, and taken in with the vers...
If Psalms 61 has been the cry of depression, Psalms 62 the confidence and encouragement of trust in God, Psalms 63 is the longing of the soul, still as cast out and far from the sanctuary (so we can s...
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...
Because thy lovingkindness [is] better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Ver. 3. _Because thy lovingkindness is better than life_] Mr Bradford, being threatened by Stephen Gardiner (then Lord Cha...
_Because_, &c. Here we see the reason of the psalmist's thirst after God, as is expressed in the two preceding verses; _thy loving-kindness is better than life_ That is, the discoveries and influences...
MORNING HYMN OF A FUGITIVE. A psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah, very likely at the time when he left Jerusalem at the approach of Absalom, for it was then that he spent a few day...
Because Thy loving-kindness is better than life, that explained his longing, that the grace of God exceeded all this earthly life could offer, MY LIPS SHALL PRAISE THEE, extolling the grace which he h...
3-6 Even in affliction we need not want matter for praise. When this is the regular frame of a believer's mind, he values the loving-kindness of God more than life. God's loving-kindness is our spiri...
This is the reason of the foregoing thirst after God. THY LOVING-KINDNESS, i.e. the discoveries and influences of thy grace and favour, which thou usually impartest to thy people in the sanctuary. IS...
Psalms 63:3 lovingkindness H2617 better H2896 life H2416 lips H8193 praise H7623 (H8762) Because - P
HEADING. ‘A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.' It is noticeable that there is here no dedication to the Chief Musician, and no mention of the tune to which it was to be sung. W...
Psalms 63:1 This Psalm, with its passion of love and mystic rapture, is a monument for us of how the writer's sorrows had brought to him a closer union with God, as our sorrows may do for us, like som...
A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah, exiled, ill at ease, hunted, exposed to danger. Yet he could sing. And some of the sweetest Psalms came out of the bitterest afflictions. God's...
This is said to be «A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.» I suppose, therefore, that it was composed when he fled from Jerusalem because of the cruel treachery of his son Absalom....
«A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.» Shall we praise God in the garden and not praise him in the wilderness? No; we will sing a new song when we come into the desert; for, even i...
Psalms 63:1. _O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: Because thou art mine, therefore will I seek thee.»_ A sense of possession makes us long for the enjoyment of all that is really ours. P...
I will read the 63 rd Psalm first, as somewhat representing the state of heart into which I would we could all come tonight. Psalms 63:1. _O God, thou art my God;_ Read that sentence how you will, i...
CONTENTS: David's desire toward God and joyful dependence upon Him. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The believer need desire nothing more than the favor of God to make him happy and satisfied. T...
Psalms 63:4. _I will lift up my hands in thy name._ This was swearing fidelity to the Lord. The heathens did the same to their idols; they kissed their hand, or they stretched it out. Job 31:27; Psalm...
_Because Thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise Thee._ THE SAINT’S ESTIMATE OF GOD’S LOVINGKINDNESS This psalm is called “A psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah...
_O God, Thou art my God; early will I seek Thee._ THE GREATEST THINGS OF THE SOUL I. The greatest hunger of the soul (Psalms 63:1). The soul wants God, as the thirsty land the refreshing showers, as...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 63:1. This psalm opens as if it were a lament, yet it is mainly a song of confident expectation. The psalm helps God’s people gain confidence during times of trouble. It exp...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 63:3 The past tense remembering of v. Psalms 63:2 becomes a future expectation: MY LIPS WILL PRAISE YOU, I will bless you
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah_.” Hengstenberg: “The wilderness of Judah is the whole wilderness towards the east of the tribe of Judah, boun...
EXPOSITION A PSALM of one absent from the sanctuary, and longing to return to it (Psalms 63:1, Psalms 63:2), pursued by enemies who seek his life (Psalms 63:9), but confident in God's protection ...
Psa 63:1-11 is a psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah. Now, from Jerusalem west lies the coastal plains, fertile valleys, beautiful lush orange groves, and apricot and pear and peach...
1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 John 3:2; Hebrews 13:15; Hosea 14:2; James 3:5;