Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Parallel translations
- WEB Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come before him. Worship Yahweh in holy array.
- BSB Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness;
- NKJV Give to the Lord the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
- NASB Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him; Worship the Lord in holy attire.
- NLT Give to the Lord the glory he deserves! Bring your offering and come into his presence. Worship the Lord in all his holy splendor.
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Give the Lord the glory due His name, bring an offering, and worship in holy splendor. God deserves both honor and reverent, set-apart worship.
Overview
The psalm calls worshipers to honor God's name, bring offerings, and approach Him in holiness. True worship combines giving, reverence, and purity of heart. The summons to worship in holy array anticipates the access believers have through Christ, who makes us holy and fit to draw near to God.
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Cross-references · 22
- Ps 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
- Ps 96:9O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
- Isa 6:3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
- Ps 108:3–5I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
- Ps 96:6Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
- Ps 95:2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
- Ps 29:2Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
- Rev 4:9–11And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
- Ps 89:5–8And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
- Ps 72:15And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
- Rev 7:12Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
- 2 Chr 20:21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 110:3Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
- Ps 148:13–14Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
- Rev 5:12–14Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
- Ps 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
- Ezek 24:25Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
- Ps 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
- 1 Kgs 8:41–43Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
- Isa 60:6–7The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
- Ezek 7:20As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
- Ps 68:30–31Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
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