In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
Parallel translations
- WEB In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
- BSB They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
- NKJV In Your name they rejoice all day long, And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
- NASB In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted.
- NLT They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation. They exult in your righteousness.
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God's people delight continually in His name and are lifted up by His righteousness.
Overview
The blessed life of verse 15 overflows into all-day rejoicing centered on God's revealed character ("your name"). Their exaltation rests not on their own merit but on God's righteousness. For the believer, this righteousness is supremely given in Christ, who becomes our exaltation and joy (1 Cor. 1:30-31).
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- Phil 4:4Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
- Phil 3:9And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
- Ps 29:7The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
- 2 Cor 5:21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
- Luke 1:47And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
- Ps 89:12The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
- Ps 40:10I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
- Rom 1:17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
- Isa 46:13I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
- Ps 44:8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
- Ps 33:21For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
- Ps 29:5The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
- Rom 3:21–26But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
- Ps 105:3Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
- Ps 71:15–16My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
- Jer 23:6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
- Isa 45:24–25Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
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