All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.” Selah
Parallel translations
- WEB All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” Selah.
- KJV All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
- NKJV All the earth shall worship You And sing praises to You; They shall sing praises to Your name.” Selah
- NASB “All the earth will worship You, And will sing praises to You; They will sing praises to Your name.” Selah
- NLT Everything on earth will worship you; they will sing your praises, shouting your name in glorious songs.” Interlude
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Quick answer
All the earth will worship and sing to God's name. It anticipates universal worship of God.
Overview
The psalm envisions the whole earth bowing in worship and singing praise to God's name, marked by the reflective 'Selah.' God's purpose embraces all peoples. This vision is advanced as the nations come to worship the Father through the Son.
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Cross-references · 12
- Ps 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- Ps 117:1Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
- Ps 96:1–2Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
- Rev 15:4Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- Mal 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Dan 7:14And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
- Isa 42:10–12Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.
- Isa 2:2–4In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
- Ps 65:5With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
- Ps 67:2–3that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
- Isa 49:22–23This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
- Isa 11:9They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
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