Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.
Parallel translations
- KJV Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
- BSB Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.
- NKJV Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.
- NASB Be joyful in the Lord, you righteous ones, And praise the mention of His holy name.
- NLT May all who are godly rejoice in the Lord and praise his holy name!
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Cross-references · 8
- Ps 30:4Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name.
- Phil 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”
- Ps 32:11Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
- Heb 12:10For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
- 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 60:6God has spoken from his sanctuary: “I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
- Zeph 3:14–17Sing, daughter of Zion! Shout, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.
- Hab 1:12–13Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.
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