And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Parallel translations
- WEB My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.
- BSB Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
- NKJV And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness And of Your praise all the day long.
- NASB And my tongue shall proclaim Your righteousness And Your praise all day long.
- NLT Then I will proclaim your justice, and I will praise you all day long.
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Quick answer
David vows that his tongue will speak of God's righteousness and praise all day long. Answered prayer overflows into lifelong worship.
Overview
The psalm closes with a resolve to make God's righteousness and praise the constant theme of his speech. David's response to deliverance is not self-congratulation but sustained thanksgiving. This models the believer's life of gratitude, redeemed lips proclaiming the righteousness of God supremely revealed in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 145:21My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
- Ps 71:24My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
- Ps 51:14–15Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
- Ps 145:5I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
- Ps 104:33–34I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
- Ps 34:1I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
- Ps 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- Ps 71:15My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
- Ps 145:1–2I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
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