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His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him.
Psalms 21:5 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
  • BSB Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.
  • NKJV His glory is great in Your salvation; Honor and majesty You have placed upon him.
  • NASB His glory is great through Your salvation, Splendor and majesty You place upon him.
  • NLT Your victory brings him great honor, and you have clothed him with splendor and majesty.

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Cross-references · 21

  • 1 Pet 3:22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
  • Rev 5:8–13Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
  • Heb 8:1Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
  • John 17:22The glory which you have given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, even as we are one;
  • Eph 1:20–22which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
  • 2 Sam 7:8–9Now therefore tell my servant David this, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel.
  • Ps 110:1A Psalm by David. Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
  • Isa 63:1Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Who this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
  • John 17:1Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;
  • Ps 96:6Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
  • Ps 3:3But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
  • 1 Chr 17:11–15It will happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your offspring after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
  • John 17:5Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
  • 1 Chr 17:27Now it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Yahweh, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.”
  • Ps 8:5For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.
  • Isa 49:5–7Now Yahweh says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.
  • 2 Sam 7:19This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come; and this among men, Lord Yahweh!
  • Matt 28:18Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
  • Ps 62:7With God is my salvation and my honor. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
  • Phil 2:9–11Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
  • John 13:31–32When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

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