Psalms 63:3

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

Verse	KJV	BSB	ASV
3	Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.	Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.	Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.

Who is speaking and to whom, what is happening, when and where, and why it matters, each with its sources. Coming with the context cards.

English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
for	כִּי־	ki-	H3588A	for כִּי (ki) 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore
[is] good	ט֣וֹב	Tov	H2896A	fine טָב (tav) good Aramaic of tov (טוֹב "pleasant" H2896A)
covenant loyalty your	חַ֭סְדְּךָ	CHAS-de-kha	H2617A	kindness חֶ֫סֶד (che.sed) goodness, kindness, faithfulness
more than life	מֵֽחַיִּ֗ים	me-chai-YIM	H2416E	life חַיִּים (chay.yim) 1) life (abstract emphatic) 1a) life 1b) sustenance, maintenance
lips my	שְׂפָתַ֥י	se-fa-TAI	H8193G	lips שָׂפָה (sa.phah) : lips/mouth 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
they will extol you	יְשַׁבְּחֽוּנְךָ׃	ye-sha-be-CHU-ne-kha	H7623B	to praise שָׁבַח (sha.vach) 1) to laud, praise, commend 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to laud, praise (God) 1a2) to commend, congratulate (the dead) 1b) (Hithpael) to boast Aramaic equivalent: she.vach (שְׁבַח "to praise" H7624)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.