Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
Parallel translations
- WEB Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh, our God, is holy!
- KJV Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
- NKJV Exalt the Lord our God, And worship at His holy hill; For the Lord our God is holy.
- NASB Exalt the Lord our God And worship at His holy hill, For the Lord our God is holy.
- NLT Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain in Jerusalem, for the Lord our God is holy!
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Quick answer
Exalt the LORD and worship at His holy hill, for He is holy. The psalm ends as it focuses: on God's holiness.
Overview
The closing refrain again summons worship, now at God's 'holy hill,' Zion, where He was enthroned. The threefold emphasis on holiness in this psalm magnifies God's unique and exalted character. Through Christ, believers from every nation are brought to worship this holy God acceptably.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Luke 1:49For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
- Isa 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- 1 Pet 1:15–16But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
- Rev 4:8And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
- Isa 5:16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
- Ps 99:5Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
- Ps 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
- 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.”
- 1 Sam 2:2There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
- Rev 3:7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.
- Ps 87:1–3A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A song. He has founded His city on the holy mountains.
- Ps 99:3Let them praise Your great and awesome name—He is holy!
- Hab 1:12Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
- Ps 48:1–2A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
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