Psalms 63:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise.

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  • Ps 69:16 : 16 Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:
  • Rom 12:1 : 1 For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.
  • 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.
  • Jas 3:5-9 : 5 Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell. 7 For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority; 8 But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death. 9 With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image. 10 Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.
  • Ps 51:15 : 15 O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.
  • Ps 30:5 : 5 For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping may be for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
  • Ps 30:12 : 12 So that my glory may make songs of praise to you and not be quiet. O Lord my God, I will give you praise for ever.
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.
  • Ps 21:6 : 6 For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.
  • Ps 66:17 : 17 My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the underworld.
  • Hos 14:2 : 2 O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.
  • Rom 6:19 : 19 I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy.
  • 1 John 3:2 : 2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.
  • Heb 13:15 : 15 Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name.

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    4 So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name.

    5 My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;

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    7 Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the shade of your wings.

    8 My soul keeps ever near you: your right hand is my support.

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    171 Let my lips be flowing with praise, because you have given me knowledge of your rules.

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    2 You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.

  • Ps 63:1-2
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    1 <A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.> O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

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  • Isa 63:7
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    7 I will give news of the mercies of the Lord, and his great acts, even all the things the Lord has done for us, in his great grace to the house of Israel; even all he has done for us in his unnumbered mercies.

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    1 <Of David.> I will give you praise with all my heart: I will make melody to you before the gods.

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  • Ps 71:22-23
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    22 I will give praise to you with instruments of music, O my God, for you are true; I will make songs to you with music, O Holy One of Israel.

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  • Ps 51:15
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    15 O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

  • Ps 116:1-2
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    1 I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer.

    2 He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days.

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    4 For your mercy is higher than the heavens: and your unchanging faith than the clouds.

  • Ps 86:12-13
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    12 I will give you praise, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will give glory to your name for ever.

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    28 You are my God, and I will give you praise; my God, and I will give honour to your name.

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    103 How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!

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    3 Give praise to Jah, for he is good: make melody to his name, for it is pleasing.

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    2 Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine.

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    11 Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.

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    10 All the works of your hands give praise to you, O Lord; and your saints give you blessing.

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    88 Give me life in your mercy; so that I may be ruled by the unchanging word of your mouth.

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    159 See how great is my love for your orders: give me life, O Lord, in keeping with your mercy.

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    13 With my lips have I made clear all the decisions of your mouth.

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    30 I will give the Lord great praise with my mouth; yes, I will give praise to him among all the people.

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    33 I will make songs to the Lord all my life; I will make melody to my God while I have my being.