Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Parallel translations
- KJV Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
- BSB Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
- NKJV Rejoice the soul of Your servant, For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
- NASB Make the soul of Your servant joyful, For to You, Lord, I lift up my soul.
- NLT Give me happiness, O Lord, for I give myself to you.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 143:8Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
- Ps 25:1By David. To you, Yahweh, do I lift up my soul.
- Isa 66:13–14As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem.”
- Ps 51:12Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.
- Ps 62:8Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- Isa 61:3to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
- Isa 65:18But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem to be a delight, and her people a joy.
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