Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!
Parallel translations
- WEB The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
- KJV The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
- NKJV The voice of rejoicing and salvation Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
- NASB ¶The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord performs valiantly.
- NLT Songs of joy and victory are sung in the camp of the godly. The strong right arm of the Lord has done glorious things!
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Quick answer
Shouts of joy and salvation ring in the tents of the righteous: the Lord's right hand acts valiantly. It matters because God's victories produce communal rejoicing among his people.
Overview
The deliverance prompts celebration throughout the homes of the righteous, attributing the triumph to God's mighty right hand. Salvation is cause for shared joy, not private relief. This anticipates the church's rejoicing in the saving power of God displayed in the resurrection of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Ps 89:13Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
- Acts 2:46–47With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
- Ps 60:12With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
- Ps 98:1A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.
- Exod 15:6Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
- Luke 1:51He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
- Ps 44:3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
- Acts 16:34Then he brought them into his home and set a meal before them. So he and all his household rejoiced that they had come to believe in God.
- Rev 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
- Isa 65:13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
- Ps 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
- Ps 68:3But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.
- Ps 32:11Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
- Rev 19:1–5After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
- Deut 12:12And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
- Isa 51:9–11Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
- Ps 45:4In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.
- Ps 30:11–12You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
- Ps 119:54Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
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