I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.
- KJV I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
- NKJV I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
- NASB ¶I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
- NLT I will thank the Lord because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
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Quick answer
David ends by thanking and praising Yahweh for His righteousness. Vindication of the innocent moves the believer to worship the just Judge.
Overview
Having appealed to God as righteous Judge, David responds not with self-congratulation but with thanksgiving and song to 'Yahweh Most High.' The psalm of complaint resolves into praise, modeling how trust in God's justice produces worship even before deliverance is fully seen. The title 'Most High' (Elyon) exalts God above every threatening power.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
- Ps 98:2The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
- Ps 71:15–16My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
- Ps 111:3Splendid and majestic is His work; His righteousness endures forever.
- Dan 4:34But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
- Ps 92:8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!
- Ps 51:14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
- Acts 7:48However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
- Ps 35:28Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
- Ps 145:7They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
- Ps 92:1A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
- Dan 4:17This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’
- Dan 4:25You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.
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