“All the earth will worship You, And will sing praises to You; They will sing praises 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.
- 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
- 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 shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.
- Ps 117:1Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!
- Ps 96:1–2Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth.
- Rev 15:4Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- Dan 7:14There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, 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 to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.
- Isa 2:2–4It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
- Ps 65:5By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea;
- Ps 67:2–3That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation among all nations,
- Isa 49:22–23Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
- Isa 11:9They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
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