So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
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.
- BSB Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
- 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, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
- Isa 43:21This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
- Ps 100:3Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
- Ps 74:1O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
- Ps 145:4One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
- Ps 74:18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
- Ps 74:22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
- Ps 45:17I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
- Ps 44:8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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