According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Parallel translations
- WEB As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
- BSB Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
- NKJV According to Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
- NASB As is Your name, God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
- NLT As your name deserves, O God, you will be praised to the ends of the earth. Your strong right hand is filled with victory.
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Quick answer
God's praise reaches as far as His name (His revealed character) extends—to the ends of the earth. His right hand is full of righteousness.
Overview
Because God's 'name' represents His revealed nature, His renown and praise are as wide as His character is glorious, reaching the whole earth. His 'right hand full of righteousness' affirms that His power is exercised justly. The verse anticipates the gospel's worldwide spread, as the nations come to praise the God of Zion.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Ps 113:3From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’s name is to be praised.
- Deut 28:58If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
- Isa 41:10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Josh 7:9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
- Rev 19:11And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
- Ps 138:2–4I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
- Ps 11:7For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
- Rev 19:2For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
- Exod 3:13–15And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
- Ps 45:7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
- Ps 99:4The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
- Mal 1:14But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
- Ps 145:17The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
- Exod 34:5–7And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
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