Psalm 63:3 Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. I. THE FAVOUR RECOGNIZED. "Thy lovingkindness." 1. Its source. "Thy." The fountain of wisdom, love, and power. 2. Its quality. "Lovingkindness." Not kind acts merely, but the kindness of love. 3. Its constancy. 4. Its comprehensiveness. II. THE ESTIMATE FORMED. It "is better than life." The second death consists not in the destruction of being, but of well-being. Sin destroyed man's eternal well-being, but the "lovingkindness" of God restores it. 1. It harmonizes man with his surroundings. 2. It extracts the sting of death. 3. It sanctifies life's sorrows. 4. It endears and sweetens life's comforts. III. THE RESOLUTION MADE. "My lips shall praise Thee." 1. Piety is intensely personal. "My lips." If "my lips" have no praise, my heart has no love. Internal life must find external expression. 2. Piety is joyous devotion. "Shall praise." 3. Piety is personal, joyous devotion to a personal God. (Thomas Kelly.) Parallel Verses KJV: Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.WEB: Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. |
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