The Good, the True, and the Beautiful

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You.  Psalm 63:3  NASB Better than – kî ṭôb pens the Psalmist.  “Better than.”  Better than what?  mē ḥayyîm, he replies. ḥesed is kî ṭôb mē ḥayyîm.  ḥesed is better than life! That is a powerful claim!  Do we really think that ḥesed is better…