Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name together.
Parallel translations
- KJV O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
- BSB Magnify the LORD with me; 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
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- Ps 69:30I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
- Luke 1:46Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.
- Ps 148:1–14Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!
- Rev 19:5–6A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”
- Ps 40:16Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let Yahweh be exalted!”
- Ps 66:8Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,
- Ps 35:27Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, “Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”
- Ps 103:20–22Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.
- Ps 33:1–2Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.
- Rev 14:7He said with a loud voice, “Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!”
- 2 Chr 29:30Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to Yahweh with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
- 1 Chr 29:20Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God!” All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before Yahweh and the king.
- Acts 19:17This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
- Phil 1:20according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
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