They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
Parallel translations
- WEB They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness.
- KJV They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
- NKJV They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness, And shall sing of Your righteousness.
- NASB They will burst forth in speaking of Your abundant goodness, And will shout joyfully of Your righteousness.
- NLT Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness; they will sing with joy about your righteousness.
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Quick answer
People will joyfully recall God's abundant goodness and sing of His righteousness. God's character moves His people to grateful, exuberant praise.
Overview
The 'memory' of God's goodness bursts forth in song, linking His kindness with His justice. Goodness and righteousness are not opposed in God but united in His perfect nature. In the gospel these meet perfectly, for God is shown to be both just and the justifier of those who trust in Jesus (Romans 3:26).
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- Isa 63:7I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
- Ps 36:10Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
- 2 Cor 9:11–12You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.
- Ps 71:15–16My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
- Ps 51:14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
- Rev 19:1–3After 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!
- Ps 71:19Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
- Isa 45:24–25Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
- Ps 72:1–3Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
- Matt 12:34–35You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
- Ps 36:5–8Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
- 1 Pet 2:9–10But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Ps 89:16They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
- Rev 15:3–4and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Phil 3:7–9But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
- Jer 23:6In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
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