that I may show all of your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.
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- KJV That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
- BSB that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your 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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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
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- Ps 13:5But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.
- Ps 106:2Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, or fully declare all his praise?
- 1 Sam 2:1Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
- Ps 20:5We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May Yahweh grant all your requests.
- Ps 51:12Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.
- Ps 35:9My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation.
- Hab 3:18yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
- Isa 37:22this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him. The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
- Ps 21:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!
- Ps 79:13So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.
- Isa 62:11Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth, “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your salvation comes. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.’”
- Isa 12:3Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
- Ps 51:15Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.
- Ps 109:30–31I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
- Ps 35:18I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
- Ps 22:22I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the assembly, I will praise you.
- Luke 1:47My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
- Ps 42:4These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God’s house, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
- Mic 4:13Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs brass; and you will beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain to Yahweh, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.
- Ps 22:25Of you comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.
- Ps 149:1–2Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints.
- Ps 116:18–19I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,
- Ps 118:19–20Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.
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