They will burst forth in speaking of Your abundant goodness, And will shout 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.
- BSB They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
- NKJV They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness, And shall sing 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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Cross-references · 16
- Isa 63:7I will tell of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh and the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has given to us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has given to them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
- Ps 36:10Oh continue your loving kindness to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.
- 2 Cor 9:11–12you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which produces through us thanksgiving to God.
- Ps 71:15–16My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
- Ps 51:14Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
- Rev 19:1–3After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God:
- Ps 71:19Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?
- Isa 45:24–25They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’” Even to him shall men come; and all those who raged against him shall be disappointed.
- Ps 72:1–3By Solomon. God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
- Matt 12:34–35You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
- Ps 36:5–8Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- 1 Pet 2:9–10But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
- Ps 89:16In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
- Rev 15:3–4They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
- Phil 3:7–9However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ.
- Jer 23:6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. This is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
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