Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.
Parallel translations
- KJV Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy 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
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- Rev 16:5–7I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, who are and who were, you Holy One, because you have judged these things.
- Rev 19:1–6After 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 113:5Who is like Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high,
- Ps 57:11Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.
- 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.
- Ps 72:18–19Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
- Matt 6:10Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
- Rev 11:17saying: “We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was; because you have taken your great power, and reigned.
- Ps 57:5Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!
- Ps 18:46Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
- 1 Chr 29:11Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
- Ps 46:10“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”
- Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’
- Ps 58:10–11The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
- Matt 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
- Rev 18:20“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.”
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