Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Parallel translations
- WEB Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
- BSB Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
- NKJV Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
- NASB Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.
- NLT So rejoice in the Lord and be glad, all you who obey him! Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!
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Quick answer
The psalm ends with a call for the righteous and upright to rejoice and shout for joy in the Lord.
Overview
Having traced the path from guilt to forgiveness, David closes with exuberant praise, summoning the upright to gladness in God. Joy is the fitting response of those whose sins are covered and who rest in his love. Such joy is fulfilled in the gospel, where the justified rejoice in the God who declares them righteous in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Ps 64:10The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
- Phil 4:4Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
- Ps 97:12Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
- Ps 5:11But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
- Deut 12:12And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
- Ps 97:1The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
- Ps 68:3But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
- Rom 5:11And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
- Ps 33:1Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
- 1 Sam 2:1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
- Ps 32:2Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
- Ezra 3:11–13And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
- Ps 98:4Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
- Phil 3:3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
- Ps 7:10My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
- Zech 4:7Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
- Phil 3:1Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
- Ps 125:4Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
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