Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy
Parallel translations
- WEB Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy
- KJV Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
- NKJV Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the Lord.
- NASB May the field be jubilant, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy
- NLT Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy! Let the trees of the forest sing for joy
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Quick answer
Let the fields and all the trees of the forest sing for joy. Even fields and trees are pictured rejoicing before God.
Overview
The summons to creation continues, with fields and forests personified as exulting in worship. All that God has made joins the chorus of praise to its Maker and King. Such cosmic rejoicing looks ahead to the joy of the renewed creation under the reign of Christ (Psalm 65:13; Revelation 21:1-5).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Isa 55:12–13You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
- Isa 35:1The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
- Isa 44:23Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
- Isa 42:10–11Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.
- Ps 65:12–13The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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