O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
Parallel translations
- WEB Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,
- BSB O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
- NKJV Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
- NASB ¶Come, let’s worship and bow down, Let’s kneel before the Lord our Maker.
- NLT Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker,
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Come, let us worship and bow down, kneeling before the LORD our Maker. We are called to humble, reverent worship of our Creator.
Overview
Having celebrated God's greatness and creation, the psalmist calls for bodily expressions of humility and reverence. Bowing and kneeling acknowledge God's lordship and our creaturely dependence. Such worship of the Maker is the fitting response of all people, and in Christ we draw near to worship the Father in spirit and truth (John 4:23-24).
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- Phil 2:10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
- Ps 100:3Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
- Eph 3:14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Ps 95:1O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
- 1 Cor 6:20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
- Dan 6:10Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
- Isa 54:5For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
- 2 Chr 6:13For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
- Luke 22:41And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
- 1 Pet 4:19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
- Ezra 9:5And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
- Isa 17:7At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
- 1 Kgs 8:54And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
- Acts 7:60And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
- Acts 10:25–26And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
- John 1:3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
- Acts 21:5And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
- Mark 14:35And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
- Exod 20:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
- Rev 22:8And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
- Rev 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
- Ps 72:9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
- Eccl 12:1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
- Acts 20:36And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
- Hos 8:14For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
- Ps 149:2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
- Matt 4:2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
- Job 35:10But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
- Matt 4:9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
- Hos 6:1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
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