I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will 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.
- BSB I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and 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 thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
- Ps 98:2The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
- Ps 71:15–16My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
- Ps 111:3His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
- Dan 4:34And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
- Ps 92:8But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
- Ps 51:14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
- Acts 7:48Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
- Ps 35:28And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
- Ps 145:7They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
- Ps 92:1IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH:
- Dan 4:17This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
- Dan 4:25That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
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