Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
- KJV Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
- NKJV Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
- NASB Israel shall be joyful in his Maker; The sons of Zion shall rejoice in their King.
- NLT O Israel, rejoice in your Maker. O people of Jerusalem, exult in your King.
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Quick answer
Let Israel rejoice in their Maker and Zion be joyful in their King. God's people delight in Him as both Creator and Sovereign.
Overview
The people are called to rejoice in God who made them and reigns as their King. Joy in worship flows from knowing both who formed us and who rules over us. This king-joy finds its fullness in Christ, the King in whom His people rejoice with inexpressible joy (1 Peter 1:8).
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- Ps 95:6O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
- Ps 100:1–3A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.
- Isa 54:5For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Isa 52:7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
- Joel 2:23Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
- Deut 7:6–7For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
- Luke 19:38“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
- Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Ps 135:3–4Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.
- Job 35:10But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
- Deut 12:7There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
- 1 Sam 12:22Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
- Ps 47:6Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!
- John 19:19–22Pilate also had a notice posted on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- Isa 62:11–12Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”
- Luke 19:27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
- Rev 19:6And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
- Phil 3:3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
- John 19:15At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.
- Matt 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- Matt 21:5“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
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