I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
- BSB I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
- NKJV I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
- NASB I will rejoice and be jubilant in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
- NLT I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.
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Quick answer
David will rejoice and sing praise to the name of the Most High. Joy in God Himself fuels heartfelt worship.
Overview
The psalmist's gladness is grounded 'in you,' in God Himself rather than merely in His gifts. Singing praise to the Most High exalts the God who reigns over all rivals. This God-centered joy marks genuine worship and sustains the believer through the conflicts described later in the psalm.
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Cross-references · 14
- Ps 83:18That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
- Ps 5:11But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
- Ps 7:17I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
- Ps 97:9For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
- Ps 28:7The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
- Ps 92:1IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH:
- Phil 4:4Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
- Ps 97:12Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
- Ps 56:2–3Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
- Ps 43:4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
- Hab 3:17–18Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
- Ps 27:6And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
- Ps 92:4For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
- Dan 5:18O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
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