For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!
Parallel translations
- WEB For I will proclaim Yahweh’s name. Ascribe greatness to our God!
- KJV Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
- NKJV For I proclaim the name of the Lord: Ascribe greatness to our God.
- NASB “For I proclaim the name of the Lord; Ascribe greatness to our God!
- NLT I will proclaim the name of the Lord; how glorious is our God!
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Quick answer
Moses announces that he will proclaim the LORD's name and calls the people to ascribe greatness to God. It matters because the song's foundation is the worship and praise of God.
Overview
To proclaim the LORD's name is to declare His character and acts, inviting fitting praise. The call to 'ascribe greatness' sets worship as the proper response to who God is. This opening note of praise frames everything that follows, reminding us that the chief end of God's word and works is His glory, supremely revealed in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 10:6There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
- Ps 150:2Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness.
- Deut 5:24and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.
- Eph 1:19and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
- Deut 3:24“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?
- 1 Chr 29:11Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
- Matt 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- John 17:26And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
- Jer 23:6In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Exod 33:19“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
- John 17:6I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
- Exod 6:3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
- Exod 3:13–16Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
- Ps 29:1–2A Psalm of David. Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
- Ps 105:1–5Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
- Ps 89:16–18They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
- 1 Chr 17:19O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed all Your greatness.
- Ps 145:1–10A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
- Exod 34:5–7And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
- Exod 20:24You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
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