Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!
Parallel translations
- KJV Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
- BSB Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
- NKJV Exalt the Lord our God, And worship at His footstool— He is holy.
- NASB Exalt the Lord our God And worship at His footstool; Holy is He.
- NLT Exalt the Lord our God! Bow low before his feet, for he is holy!
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- Ps 132:7“We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.
- Isa 66:1Yahweh says, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest?
- Exod 15:2Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Ps 34:3Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name together.
- Ps 108:5Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth.
- Isa 12:4In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!
- Isa 25:1Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.
- Ps 99:3Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy!
- Ps 99:9Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh, our God, is holy!
- Ps 21:13Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.
- Ps 118:28You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.
- Ps 107:32Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
- 1 Chr 28:2Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, “Hear me, my brothers, and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.
- Lev 19:2“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
- Hos 11:7My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them.
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