A Psalm. A song for the dedication of the temple. Of David. I will exalt You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me.
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- WEB A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David. I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
- KJV I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
- NKJV I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up, And have not let my foes rejoice over me.
- NASB I will exalt You, Lord, for You have lifted me up, And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.
- NLT I will exalt you, Lord, for you rescued me. You refused to let my enemies triumph over me.
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Quick answer
David exalts the Lord for raising him up and not letting his foes gloat over him. It opens a psalm of thanksgiving for deliverance.
Overview
The superscription ties this song to dedicating God's house, and David praises God for lifting him from a low estate. His rescue silenced his enemies' triumph. The lifting up anticipates the pattern of humiliation and exaltation fulfilled supremely in Christ's resurrection.
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Cross-references · 23
- Ps 25:2in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
- Dan 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
- Ps 35:19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
- Ps 27:6Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
- 2 Sam 5:11Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
- Ps 13:4lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
- Ps 41:11By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
- Ps 79:10Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
- Ps 89:41–46All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
- Deut 20:5Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.
- Ps 34:3–4Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
- Ps 140:8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
- Ps 28:9Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.
- Ps 145:1A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
- Lam 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
- 2 Sam 6:20As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
- 2 Sam 7:2he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
- 1 Chr 21:6But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
- Ps 66:17I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.
- 2 Sam 24:25And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
- Ps 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
- Ps 35:24–25Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
- 2 Sam 20:3When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
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