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,
- KJV O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD 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.
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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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Cross-references · 30
- Phil 2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
- Ps 100:3Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
- Eph 3:14For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Ps 95:1Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
- 1 Cor 6:20for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
- Dan 6:10When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
- Isa 54:5For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.
- 2 Chr 6:13(for Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the middle of the court; and he stood on it, and knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven)
- Luke 22:41He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and he knelt down and prayed,
- 1 Pet 4:19Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.
- Ezra 9:5At the evening offering I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn; and I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to Yahweh my God;
- Isa 17:7In that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
- 1 Kgs 8:54It was so, that when Solomon had finished praying all this prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before Yahweh’s altar, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread out toward heaven.
- Acts 7:60He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
- Acts 10:25–26When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell down at his feet, and worshiped him.
- John 1:3All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.
- Acts 21:5When those days were over, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.
- Mark 14:35He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
- Exod 20:5you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
- Rev 22:8Now I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.
- Rev 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
- Ps 72:9Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.
- Eccl 12:1Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
- Acts 20:36When he had spoken these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
- Hos 8:14For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses.”
- Ps 149:2Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
- Matt 4:2When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
- Job 35:10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
- Matt 4:9He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me.”
- Hos 6:1“Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
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