Yea, thou dost make him most blessed for ever; thou dost make him glad with the joy of thy presence.
Psalm 63:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Because thy steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise thee. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because thy lovingkindness Is better than life, My lips shall praise thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because Your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. American Standard Version (1901) Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee. Common English Bible My lips praise you because your faithful love is better than life itself! Catholic Public Domain Version You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant, from a multitude of workers of iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity. |
Yea, thou dost make him most blessed for ever; thou dost make him glad with the joy of thy presence.
that my soul may praise thee and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to thee for ever.
For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
There are many who say, “O that we might see some good! Lift up the light of thy countenance upon us, O Lord!”
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?
the singers in front, the minstrels last, between them maidens playing timbrels:
Answer me, O Lord, for thy steadfast love is good; according to thy abundant mercy, turn to me.
Honor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Take with you words and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept that which is good and we will render the fruit of our lips.
I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for sanctification.
I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
Beloved, we are God's children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.