¶May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And may those who love Your salvation say continually, “May God be exalted!”
Parallel translations
- WEB Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, “Let God be exalted!”
- KJV Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
- BSB May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”
- NKJV Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And let those who love Your salvation say continually, “Let God be magnified!”
- NLT But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, “God is great!”
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David prays that all who seek God may rejoice and continually exalt his salvation. It seeks joy and praise for the whole community of believers.
Overview
In contrast to his enemies, David asks that all who seek and love God's salvation be filled with joy and continual praise. His concern reaches beyond himself to the gladness of all God's people. This joy in God's salvation is fulfilled in the gospel, where those who love Christ's saving work continually magnify God for it.
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- Ps 40:16Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let Yahweh be exalted!”
- Lam 3:25Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
- Ps 35:27Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, “Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”
- Isa 61:10I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Isa 65:13–14Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed;
- Ps 97:12Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.
- John 16:20Most certainly I tell you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
- Ps 5:11But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
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