He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.
Parallel translations
- WEB He shall receive a blessing from Yahweh, righteousness from the God of his salvation.
- KJV He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
- NKJV He shall receive blessing from the Lord, And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
- NASB He will receive a blessing from the Lord And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
- NLT They will receive the Lord’s blessing and have a right relationship with God their savior.
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Quick answer
Such a person receives blessing and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Approaching God in integrity brings divine favor.
Overview
The worshiper who seeks God rightly receives blessing and a righteousness given by the God who saves. The righteousness is not earned but bestowed from God himself. This anticipates the gospel truth that believers are credited with a righteousness from God through faith in Christ, the only ground on which sinners are accepted.
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- Phil 3:9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
- Titus 3:4–6But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- 1 Pet 3:9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
- Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Isa 46:13I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.
- Ps 67:6–7The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
- Ps 50:23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
- Num 6:24–27‘May the LORD bless you and keep you;
- Ps 115:12–13The LORD is mindful of us; He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron;
- Gal 3:14He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
- Rom 4:6–9And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
- Isa 51:5–6My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.
- Isa 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
- Ps 72:17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
- Titus 2:10–14not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.
- Ps 88:1A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
- Matt 5:3–12“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Rom 5:17–18For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
- Isa 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
- Isa 51:8For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
- Isa 33:15–17He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
- Gal 5:5But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
- 1 Cor 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- Rom 3:22And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
- John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
- Isa 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- 2 Cor 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Ps 68:19Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah
- Gal 3:9So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
- Ps 128:1–5A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
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