In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
Parallel translations
- WEB In God we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
- KJV In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
- NKJV In God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever. Selah
- NASB In God we have boasted all day long, And we will give thanks to Your name forever. Selah
- NLT O God, we give glory to you all day long and constantly praise your name. Interlude
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Quick answer
The people boast in God all day and vow to thank His name forever. It matters because rightful boasting is in God alone, not in self.
Overview
Continuing the confession of dependence, the congregation makes God the object of its boasting and pledges perpetual thanksgiving. The 'Selah' invites pause and reflection before the lament turns. This God-centered boasting is echoed in the New Testament call to glory only in the Lord and in the cross of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 34:2My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.
- Jer 9:24But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
- 1 Cor 1:29–31so that no one may boast in His presence.
- Rom 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
- Isa 45:25In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.
- Ps 30:12that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.
- Ps 115:1–18Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
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