The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in Yahweh’s house.
- BSB The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.
- NKJV “The Lord was ready to save me; Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life, in the house of the Lord.”
- NASB “The Lord is certain to save me; So we will play my songs on stringed instruments All the days of our life at the house of the Lord.”
- NLT Think of it—the Lord is ready to heal me! I will sing his praises with instruments every day of my life in the Temple of the Lord.
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Quick answer
Hezekiah declares the Lord will save him, so they will sing in God's house all their days. Deliverance overflows into lifelong, congregational praise.
Overview
The psalm ends in confident worship, resolving to sing to God with instruments in the temple. Personal rescue moves the king toward the shared praise of God's people. This pattern of salvation leading to grateful worship anticipates the joyful praise of the redeemed who gather before God.
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Cross-references · 12
- Ps 116:2Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
- Ps 145:2Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
- Ps 150:4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
- Ps 27:5–6For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
- Ps 68:25The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
- Ps 30:11–12Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
- Ps 66:13–15I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
- Ps 33:2Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
- Hab 3:19The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
- Ps 51:15O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
- Ps 116:17–19I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
- Ps 9:13–14Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
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