So rejoice in the Lord and be glad, all you who obey him! Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!
Parallel translations
- WEB Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
- KJV Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that 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.
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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 Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!
- Phil 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”
- Ps 97:12Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.
- Ps 5:11But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
- Deut 12:12You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
- Ps 97:1Yahweh reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad!
- Ps 68:3But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
- Rom 5:11Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
- Ps 33:1Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.
- 1 Sam 2:1Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
- Ps 32:2Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
- Ezra 3:11–13They sang to one another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.” All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of Yahweh’s house had been laid.
- Ps 98:4Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!
- Phil 3:3For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
- Ps 7:10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
- Zech 4:7Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of ‘Grace, grace, to it!’”
- Phil 3:1Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.
- Ps 125:4Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.
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