Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Those who sing as well as those who dance say, “All my springs are in you.”
- KJV As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
- NKJV Both the singers and the players on instruments say, “All my springs are in you.”
- NASB Then those who sing as well as those who play the flutes will say, “All my springs of joy are in you.”
- NLT The people will play flutes and sing, “The source of my life springs from Jerusalem!”
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Quick answer
Singers and dancers declare that all their springs are in Zion. The city of God is the source of all true joy and life.
Overview
The psalm ends in festive worship, with all confessing that their fountains of life and gladness are found in God's city. Every source of refreshment flows from God's presence there. This points to Christ, who gives living water and from whom His people draw all springs of joy and salvation.
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- Ps 36:9For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- John 1:16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
- Isa 12:3With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
- Rev 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
- Rev 21:6And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
- John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- 2 Sam 6:14And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,
- John 7:37–39On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Rev 22:1Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
- Rev 14:1–3Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
- 1 Chr 23:54,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
- John 4:10Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
- Jas 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- Ps 46:4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
- Ps 68:24–25They have seen Your procession, O God—the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.
- 1 Chr 25:1–6Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
- 1 Chr 15:16–29David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
- Ps 149:3Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
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