Psalm 63:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 For your love is better than life;[a]
my lips shall ever praise you!
II
5 I will bless you as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands, calling on your name.
6 My soul shall be sated as with choice food,
with joyous lips my mouth shall praise you!
Footnotes
- 63:4 For your love is better than life: only here in the Old Testament is anything prized above life—in this case God’s love.
Psalm 63:4-6
New International Version
4 I will praise you as long as I live,(A)
and in your name I will lift up my hands.(B)
5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;(C)
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
6 On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.(D)
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