Come and hear, all you who fear God, And I will declare what He has done for my soul.
Parallel translations
- WEB Come, and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.
- KJV Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
- BSB Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
- NASB ¶Come and hear, all who fear God, And I will tell of what He has done for my soul.
- NLT Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me.
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Quick answer
He invites all who fear God to hear what God has done for his soul. It models testimony that gives God public glory.
Overview
The psalmist calls fellow God-fearers to listen as he recounts God's work in his life. Personal deliverance becomes shared testimony for the encouragement of others. Such witness to God's saving acts finds its fullness in proclaiming what Christ has done for our souls.
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Cross-references · 13
- Ps 71:15My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
- Ps 34:11Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
- Ps 71:18Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.
- Mal 3:16Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
- 1 Jn 1:3that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
- Ps 66:5Come, and see God’s deeds — awesome work on behalf of the children of men.
- Ps 71:20You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
- Ps 71:24My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.
- Ps 32:5–6I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
- Ps 34:2My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.
- 1 Cor 15:8–10and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
- Ps 22:23–24You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
- 1 Tim 1:15–16The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
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