Psalm 63:4

4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.

Psalm 63:4 in Other Translations

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

4 So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

4 I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer.

4 I bless you every time I take a breath; My arms wave like banners of praise to you.

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

4 So I will thank you as long as I live. I will lift up my hands [to pray] in your name.

4 So I will praise You as long as I live; at Your name, I will lift up my hands.

4 I will praise you as long as I live. I will lift up my hands when I pray to you.

Psalm 63:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 63:4

Thus will I bless thee while I live
With his whole heart and soul, as he had sought after him, and as under a sense of his lovingkindness; and as he now praised him with his lips, so he determined to do as long as he had life and being; by proclaiming his blessedness, by ascribing blessing and honour to him, and by giving him the glory of all mercies temporal and spiritual;

I will lift up my hands in thy name;
not against his enemies, against those that fought against him, as Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it, but unto God in heaven; and that not as a gesture used in swearing, but either in blessing, as Aben Ezra observes; so the high priest lifted up his hands when he blessed the people; or in prayer, or in both, so Jarchi's note is, to pray and to praise; (See Gill on Psalms 28:2). The Targum is,

``in the name of thy Word I will spread out my hands in prayer for the world to come;''

that is, in the name of the Messiah, the essential Word, in whose name prayer is to be made, and whereby it becomes prevalent and successful; see ( John 14:13 John 14:14 ) ( John 16:23 John 16:24 John 16:26 ) . This is a prayer gesture; (See Gill on Psalms 28:2).

Psalm 63:4 In-Context

2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.

3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.

4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.

5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; 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.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 104:33; Psalms 146:2; Isaiah 38:20
• 2. S Psalms 28:2; 1 Timothy 2:8