Salvation belongs to the Lord. Your blessing is upon Your people. Selah
Parallel translations
- WEB Salvation belongs to Yahweh. Your blessing be on your people. Selah.
- KJV Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
- BSB Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on 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 myself am Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior.
- Jonah 2:9But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”
- Hos 13:4“Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.
- Ps 37:39–40But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
- Rev 7:10They cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;
- Prov 21:31The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with Yahweh.
- Acts 4:12There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”
- Ps 72:17His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
- Acts 3:26God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”
- Jer 3:23Truly in vain is help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.
- Ps 29:11Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.
- Rev 19:1After 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:
- Isa 45:21–22Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior; There is no one besides me.
- 1 Pet 3:9not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.
- Heb 6:14saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.”
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