All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” Selah.
- BSB All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 22:27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
- Ps 117:1O Praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
- Ps 96:1–2O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
- Rev 15:4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
- 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.
- Dan 7:14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
- Isa 42:10–12Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
- Isa 2:2–4And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
- Ps 65:5By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
- Ps 67:2–3That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
- Isa 49:22–23Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
- Isa 11:9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
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