I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
- KJV I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
- BSB 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 they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.
- Ps 5:11But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
- Ps 7:17I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.
- Ps 97:9For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods.
- Ps 28:7Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
- Ps 92:1A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High;
- Phil 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”
- Ps 97:12Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.
- Ps 56:2–3My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
- Ps 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
- Hab 3:17–18For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls:
- Ps 27:6Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me; I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh.
- Ps 92:4For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.
- Dan 5:18You, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
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