I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints.
Parallel translations
- KJV I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
- BSB I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.
- NKJV I will praise You forever, Because You have done it; And in the presence of Your saints I will wait on Your name, for it is good.
- NASB I will praise You forever, because You have done it, And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.
- NLT I will praise you forever, O God, for what you have done. I will trust in your good name in the presence of your faithful people.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Lam 3:25–26Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
- Ps 130:5–6I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
- Ps 73:28But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
- Ps 54:6With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is good.
- Prov 18:10Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
- Ps 73:25–26Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
- Ps 62:5My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
- Ps 145:1–2A praise psalm by David. I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
- Eph 3:20–21Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
- Ps 62:1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
- Ps 48:9–10We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple.
- Ps 40:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.
- Ps 123:2–3Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.
- Ps 27:14Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
- Ps 146:2While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
- Ps 30:12To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
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