Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
Parallel translations
- WEB Salvation belongs to Yahweh. Your blessing be on your people. Selah.
- BSB Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah
- NKJV Salvation belongs to the Lord. Your blessing is upon Your people. Selah
- NASB Salvation belongs to the Lord; May Your blessing be upon Your people! Selah
- NLT Victory comes from you, O Lord. May you bless your people. Interlude
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Quick answer
David affirms that salvation belongs to the Lord alone and asks blessing on God's people. Deliverance is God's gift, not human achievement.
Overview
The psalm closes by lifting David's personal rescue into a confession of truth: 'Salvation belongs to Yahweh.' He widens his prayer beyond himself to seek blessing on all God's people. This great refrain runs through Scripture to its climax in Christ, of whom the redeemed cry, 'Salvation belongs to our God' (Revelation 7:10).
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Cross-references · 16
- Isa 43:11I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
- Jonah 2:9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
- Hos 13:4Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
- Ps 37:39–40But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
- Rev 7:10And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
- Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
- Prov 21:31The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
- Acts 4:12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
- Ps 72:17His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
- Acts 3:26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
- Jer 3:23Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
- Ps 29:11The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
- Rev 19:1And 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:
- Isa 45:21–22Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
- 1 Pet 3:9Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
- Heb 6:14Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
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