Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
Parallel translations
- WEB Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name together.
- KJV O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
- NKJV Oh, magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.
- NASB Exalt the Lord with me, And let’s exalt His name together.
- NLT Come, let us tell of the Lord’s greatness; let us exalt his name together.
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Quick answer
David invites others to magnify and exalt the Lord together with him.
Overview
Praise overflows into a summons for corporate worship, as David calls others to exalt God's name with him. Thanksgiving is meant to be shared in the community of faith. This communal exaltation anticipates the gathered church lifting up the name of Christ together.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Ps 69:30I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.
- Luke 1:46Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,
- Ps 148:1–14Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places.
- Rev 19:5–6Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”
- Ps 40:16May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
- Ps 66:8Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard.
- Ps 35:27May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
- Ps 103:20–22Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
- Ps 33:1–2Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.
- Rev 14:7And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”
- 2 Chr 29:30Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed their heads and worshiped.
- 1 Chr 29:20Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
- Acts 19:17This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
- Phil 1:20I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
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