Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
Parallel translations
- WEB So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.
- KJV So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
- NKJV So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; We will show forth Your praise to all generations.
- NASB So we Your people and the sheep of Your pasture Will give thanks to You forever; To all generations we will tell of Your praise.
- NLT Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will thank you forever and ever, praising your greatness from generation to generation.
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Quick answer
As God's flock, the people vow to thank and praise Him forever. The lament ends in confident, enduring worship.
Overview
The psalm closes with hope: 'we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever.' Even amid devastation, faith looks forward to praising God across all generations. This shepherd-flock relationship finds its fullness in Christ, the Good Shepherd, whose people will praise Him forever.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 95:7For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
- Isa 43:21The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
- Ps 100:3Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
- Ps 74:1A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
- Ps 145:4One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
- Ps 74:18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
- Ps 74:22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
- Ps 45:17I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.
- Ps 44:8In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
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