And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
Parallel translations
- WEB The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
- BSB The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.
- 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 declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
- Ps 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
- Isa 44:23Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
- Ps 50:6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
- Rev 7:10–12And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
- 2 Th 1:7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
- Ps 89:7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
- 1 Pet 1:12Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
- Jude 1:14–15And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
- Rev 19:1–6And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
- Deut 33:2And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
- Rev 5:11–14And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
- Job 5:1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
- Dan 7:10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
- Luke 2:10–15And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
- Eph 3:10To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
- Heb 12:22–23But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
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