Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.
Parallel translations
- KJV Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
- BSB Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
- NKJV Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, And I will praise the Lord.
- NASB ¶Open the gates of righteousness to me; I will enter through them, I will give thanks to the Lord.
- NLT Open for me the gates where the righteous enter, and I will go in and thank the Lord.
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Cross-references · 9
- Isa 26:2Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.
- Rev 22:14Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
- Ps 9:13–14Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;
- Ps 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
- Isa 38:22Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to Yahweh’s house?”
- Ps 66:13–15I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,
- Ps 95:2Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!
- Isa 38:20Yahweh will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in Yahweh’s house.
- Ps 116:18–19I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,
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