The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.
Parallel translations
- WEB The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
- KJV And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
- NKJV And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.
- NASB ¶The heavens will praise Your wonders, Lord; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
- NLT All heaven will praise your great wonders, Lord; myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness.
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Quick answer
The heavens praise God's wonders and His faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones. All creation and the angelic host worship God's faithfulness.
Overview
The psalm turns to praise, with the heavens and the heavenly assembly extolling God's wondrous faithfulness. This cosmic worship underscores the greatness of the God who keeps covenant. It anticipates the worship of heaven that surrounds Christ, the faithful and true One.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 97:6The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.
- Ps 19:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
- Isa 44:23Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
- Ps 50:6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
- Rev 7:10–12And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- 2 Th 1:7and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels
- Ps 89:7In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
- 1 Pet 1:12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
- Jude 1:14–15Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
- Rev 19:1–6After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
- Deut 33:2He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
- Rev 5:11–14Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
- Job 5:1“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
- Dan 7:10A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.
- Luke 2:10–15But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:
- Eph 3:10His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
- Heb 12:22–23Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
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