Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and joy are in His place.
Parallel translations
- WEB Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and gladness are in his place.
- KJV Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.
- BSB Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy fill His dwelling.
- NKJV Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and gladness are in His place.
- NLT Honor and majesty surround him; strength and joy fill his dwelling.
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Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy are in His place. God's presence radiates splendor and gladness.
Overview
The psalm describes God's dwelling as filled with majesty, power, and joy, the fitting atmosphere of His presence. To draw near to Him is to encounter both awe and gladness. This vision of joy in God's presence anticipates the fullness of joy believers will know in His eternal presence through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 96:6Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
- Ps 16:11You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.
- Ps 43:2–4For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Ps 28:7–8Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
- Ps 63:2–3So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.
- Ps 8:1For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!
- John 17:24Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
- Ps 27:4–6One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
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