that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
Parallel translations
- WEB that I may show all of your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.
- KJV That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
- NKJV That I may tell of all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation.
- NASB So that I may tell of all Your praises, That in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
- NLT Save me so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem’s gates, so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.
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Quick answer
David longs to declare God's praise and rejoice in His salvation at the gates of Zion. Deliverance is sought so that God may be publicly praised.
Overview
David's motive in seeking rescue is to magnify God's praise in the public assembly at Zion's gates. Salvation leads to worship and testimony, not mere relief. His desire to rejoice in God's salvation finds its fullest object in the salvation God provides through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 23
- Ps 13:5But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
- Ps 106:2Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
- 1 Sam 2:1At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
- Ps 20:5May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.
- Ps 51:12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
- Ps 35:9Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
- Hab 3:18yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
- Isa 37:22this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
- Ps 21:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!
- Ps 79:13Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
- Isa 62:11Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”
- Isa 12:3With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
- Ps 51:15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
- Ps 109:30–31With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.
- Ps 35:18Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
- Ps 22:22I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
- Luke 1:47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
- Ps 42:4These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
- Mic 4:13Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
- Ps 22:25My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.
- Ps 149:1–2Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise in the assembly of the godly.
- Ps 116:18–19I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people,
- Ps 118:19–20Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
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