Psalms 63 · Verse 4

Psalms 63:4

Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Psalms 63:4, King James Version

Psalms 63:4 in other translations

BSBSo I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
WEBSo I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.
ASVSo will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
YLTSo I bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands.
DARBYSo will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name.
BBESo will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name.
WebsterThus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

What does Psalms 63:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. Thus--literally, "Truly." will I bless--praise Thee (Psa 34:1). lift up my hands--in worship (compare Psa 28:2). in thy name--in praise of Thy perfections.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 I will lift up my hands in thy name - I will take God for my portion. I will dedicate myself to him, and will take him to witness that I am upright in what I profess and do. Pious Jews, in every place of their dispersion, in all their prayers, praises, contracts, etc., stretched out their hands towards Jerusalem, where the true God had his temple, and where he manifested his presence.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 63:3-6

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 spiritual life, and that is better than temporal life. We must praise God with joyful lips; we must address ourselves to the duties of religion with cheerfulness, and speak forth the praises of God from a principle of holy joy…

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Psalms 63:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֵּ֣ןkenthusH3651
אֲבָרֶכְךָ֣'a.va.rekh.KhaI will bless youH1288
בְחַיָּ֑יve.chai.Yaiin life myH2416
בְּ֝שִׁמְךָBe.shim.khain name yourH8034
אֶשָּׂ֥א'e.Sa'I will lift upH5375
כַפָּֽי\׃kha.Paihands myH3709

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 63:4

  • Psalms 104:33

    I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

  • Psalms 134:2

    Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.

  • Psalms 28:2

    Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

  • 1 Kings 8:22-66

    And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me. …

  • Psalms 145:1-3

    David’s Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

  • Psalms 146:1-2

    Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

  • Habakkuk 3:10

    The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thus.
104:33; 145:1-3; 146:1,2
I will lift.
134:2; 1Ki 8:22-66; Hab 3:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 63:3

    Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

  • Psalms 63:4

    Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

  • Psalms 63:5

    My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

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Psalms 63:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así te bendeciré en mi vida: en tu nombre alzaré mis manos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car ta bonté est meilleure que la vie; mes lèvres te loueront.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Also werde ich dich preisen während meines Lebens, meine Hände aufheben in deinem Namen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quia exacuerunt ut gladium linguas suas; intenderunt arcum rem amaram,