Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
Parallel translations
- WEB Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.
- BSB Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.
- NKJV Be exalted, O Lord, in Your own strength! We will sing and praise Your power.
- NASB Be exalted, Lord, in Your strength; We will sing and praise Your power.
- NLT Rise up, O Lord, in all your power. With music and singing we celebrate your mighty acts.
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Quick answer
The psalm closes by exalting the Lord for his strength, vowing to sing and praise his power. Victory leads to worship.
Overview
The congregation calls God to 'be exalted' in his strength and pledges responsive praise of his might. The fitting climax of God's saving and judging acts is worship. So too the triumph of the Messiah evokes the praise of his people, who exalt the God whose power has secured their salvation.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Rev 16:5–7And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
- Rev 19:1–6And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
- Ps 113:5Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
- Ps 57:11Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.
- Rev 15:3–4And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
- Ps 72:18–19Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
- Matt 6:10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
- Rev 11:17Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
- Ps 57:5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
- Ps 18:46The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
- 1 Chr 29:11Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
- Ps 46:10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
- Job 9:19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
- Ps 58:10–11The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
- Rev 18:20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
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