Psaumes 63:4

Louis Segond

Je te bénirai donc toute ma vie, J'élèverai mes mains en ton nom.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Car ta bont� est meilleure que la vie; mes l�vres chanteront ta louange.

Darby's French Translation
Ainsi je te b�nirai durant ma vie, j'�l�verai mes mains en ton nom.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Et ainsi je te b�nirai durant ma vie, [et] j'�l�verai mes mains en ton Nom.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thus: Psalms 104:33, Psalms 145:1-3, Psalms 146:1, Psalms 146:2

I will lift: Psalms 134:2, 1 Kings 8:22-66, Habakkuk 3:10

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 6:12 - spread forth Nehemiah 8:6 - with lifting Psalms 28:2 - when Psalms 100:2 - Serve Psalms 141:2 - the lifting Lamentations 2:19 - lift up Lamentations 3:41 - with Luke 18:30 - manifold more Colossians 3:16 - singing James 3:9 - bless

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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; :-. 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. This is a prayer gesture;

John 14:13- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thus will I bless thee while I live - In my life; or, as long as life lasts, will I praise thee. The word “thus” refers to the sentiment in the previous verse, meaning that as the result of his deep sense of the value of the loving kindness of God, he would praise him through all the remainder of his life, or would never cease to praise him. A true purpose of serving God embraces the whole of this life, and the whole of eternity. He who loves God, and who has any proper sense of his mercy, does not anticipate a time when he will cease to praise and bless him, or when he will have any desire or wish not to be engaged in his service.

I will lift up my hands in thy name - In solemn prayer and praise. See the notes at Psalms 28:2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 63:4. 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, &c., stretched out their hands towards Jerusalem, where the true God had his temple, and where he manifested his presence.