May your ways be known throughout the earth, your saving power among people everywhere.
Parallel translations
- WEB That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation among all nations,
- KJV That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
- BSB that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
- NKJV That Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
- NASB That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations.
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Quick answer
The purpose of God's blessing is that His way and salvation be known among all nations. It reveals God's missionary purpose for His people.
Overview
The psalmist explains that God blesses His people so that His way and saving power may be known throughout the earth. Israel was blessed to be a blessing to the world. This purpose is fulfilled in the Great Commission, as Christ's salvation is proclaimed to all nations.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Titus 2:11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
- Ps 98:2–3Yahweh has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
- Acts 18:25This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.
- Luke 3:6All flesh will see God’s salvation.’”
- Isa 52:10Yahweh has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Luke 2:30–31for my eyes have seen your salvation,
- Ps 43:5Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.
- Ps 66:1–4For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
- Isa 49:6Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel? I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
- Esth 8:15–17Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad.
- Acts 13:10and said, “Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
- Ps 117:2For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh’s faithfulness endures forever. Praise Yah!
- Zech 8:20–23Yahweh of Armies says: “Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;
- Acts 22:4I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
- Acts 9:31So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
- Matt 28:19Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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