LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.
- BSB O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.
- NKJV Lord, You will establish peace for us, For You have also done all our works in us.
- NASB Lord, You will establish peace for us, Since You have also performed for us all our works.
- NLT Lord, you will grant us peace; all we have accomplished is really from you.
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Quick answer
The people confess that the Lord will establish peace for them, since He has accomplished all their works. Every good thing they have is God's own doing.
Overview
God ordains peace for His people and is acknowledged as the one who has done all their works for them. This humble confession denies any self-achievement. It anticipates the gospel truth that salvation and every good work are God's gracious accomplishment, not ours.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Eph 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
- Ps 57:2I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
- Ps 29:11The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
- Ezek 20:14But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
- Heb 13:20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
- Deut 30:6And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
- Jer 33:6Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
- John 14:27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
- Isa 57:10Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
- Ezek 20:22Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
- Ezek 20:9But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
- Ezek 36:25Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
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