The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.
Parallel translations
- WEB The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.
- KJV The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
- NKJV The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples see His glory.
- NASB The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples have seen His glory.
- NLT The heavens proclaim his righteousness; every nation sees his glory.
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Quick answer
The heavens proclaim God's righteousness, and all peoples see His glory. His just character is publicly displayed across creation.
Overview
As in Psalm 19, the heavens bear witness to God, here specifically to His righteousness in ruling and judging. The universal scope ('all the peoples') signals that God's glory is not hidden but openly revealed to the nations. Ultimately this points to Christ, in whom God's righteousness is fully made known to the world (Romans 3:21-22).
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Cross-references · 18
- Ps 50:6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
- Isa 66:18“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
- Ps 19:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
- 2 Sam 22:47The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
- Ps 67:4Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the nations of the earth. Selah
- Isa 40:5And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
- Isa 6:3And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
- Isa 45:6so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
- Rev 19:2For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
- Matt 6:9So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
- Hab 2:14For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
- Isa 60:2–3For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.
- Ps 89:2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
- Ps 36:5–6Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
- Num 14:21“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
- Ps 98:3He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Isa 1:2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
- Ps 89:5The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.
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