Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
Parallel translations
- KJV They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
- BSB May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
- NKJV Those who fear You will be glad when they see me, Because I have hoped in Your word.
- NASB May those who fear You see me and be glad, Because I wait for Your word.
- NLT May all who fear you find in me a cause for joy, for I have put my hope in your word.
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Cross-references · 9
- Ps 66:16Come, and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.
- Ps 34:2–6My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.
- Ps 119:79Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
- Ps 119:42So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
- Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
- Gen 32:11–12Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the children.
- Ps 108:7God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
- Mal 3:16Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
- Ps 119:147I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
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