Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
Parallel translations
- WEB Save us, Yahweh, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!
- BSB Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
- NKJV Save us, O Lord our God, And gather us from among the Gentiles, To give thanks to Your holy name, To triumph in Your praise.
- NASB ¶Save us, Lord our God, And gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name And glory in Your praise.
- NLT Save us, O Lord our God! Gather us back from among the nations, so we can thank your holy name and rejoice and praise you.
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Quick answer
The psalmist pleads for God to save and gather his scattered people so they can praise his name.
Overview
This prayer, fitting the exile, asks God to regather Israel from the nations for the purpose of thanksgiving and praise. Salvation is sought not merely for relief but so that God's holy name might be honored. The longing to be gathered from the nations anticipates the gospel's wider ingathering, as Christ gathers a people from every nation to glorify God forever.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- 1 Chr 16:35–36And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
- Rev 7:10–12And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
- 2 Cor 2:14Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
- Ps 107:1–3O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 14:7Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
- Ezek 36:24–28For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
- Ezek 39:25–29Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
- Jer 32:37–41Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
- Ps 126:1When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
- Ezek 37:21–28And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
- Ps 147:2The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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