And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
Parallel translations
- WEB Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.
- BSB They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your 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 shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
- Ps 107:31–32Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- Dan 3:28–29Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
- Ps 22:31They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
- Ps 126:2–3Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
- Ps 113:3From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’s name is to be praised.
- Ps 22:27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
- Jer 50:28The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
- Ps 92:1–2IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH:
- Ps 66:3Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
- Dan 6:25–27Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
- Ps 22:22–23I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
- Ps 107:21–22Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- Josh 9:9–10And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
- Josh 2:9–11And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
- Deut 32:3Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
- Ezra 1:2Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
- Ps 98:2–3The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
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