I will tell about your righteous deeds all day long, for everyone who tried to hurt me has been shamed and humiliated.
Parallel translations
- WEB My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.
- KJV My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
- BSB My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
- NKJV My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long; For they are confounded, For they are brought to shame Who seek my hurt.
- NASB My tongue also will tell of Your righteousness all day long; For they are put to shame, for they are humiliated who seek my harm.
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All day long the psalmist will speak of God's righteousness, for those who sought his harm have been put to shame.
Overview
The psalm closes with renewed confidence: God's righteousness has triumphed and the psalmist's enemies are confounded. His response is unceasing testimony to that righteousness. The vindication of the righteous and the shaming of evildoers point ahead to the final triumph of God's justice accomplished through Christ (Romans 16:20).
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Cross-references · 12
- Ps 71:13Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
- Ps 18:37–43I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.
- 1 Cor 15:25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
- Ps 35:28My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.
- Ps 92:11My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.
- Prov 10:20–21The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
- Matt 12:35The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.
- Eph 4:29Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
- Ps 37:30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
- Ps 71:8My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.
- Deut 11:19You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
- Ps 71:15My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
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