They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.
Parallel translations
- WEB Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.
- KJV And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
- NKJV Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts, And I will declare Your greatness.
- NASB People will speak of the power of Your awesome acts, And I will tell of Your greatness.
- NLT Your awe-inspiring deeds will be on every tongue; I will proclaim your greatness.
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Quick answer
Others will speak of God's awesome acts while David declares His greatness. True worship is both shared in community and embraced personally.
Overview
The verse joins the testimony of 'men' to David's own resolve, weaving corporate and individual praise together. God's 'awesome acts' inspire reverent awe that overflows into speech. The greatest of His acts is the salvation accomplished in Christ, which the church proclaims to all peoples.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Hab 2:14For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
- Ps 107:31–32Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- Dan 3:28–29Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
- Ps 22:31They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.
- Ps 126:2–3Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
- Ps 113:3From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.
- Ps 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- Jer 50:28Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.
- Ps 92:1–2A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
- Ps 66:3Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
- Dan 6:25–27Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.
- Ps 22:22–23I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
- Ps 107:21–22Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- Josh 9:9–10“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,
- Josh 2:9–11and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.
- Deut 32:3For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!
- Ezra 1:2“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
- Ps 98:2–3The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
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