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Good News Translation

Psalms 34:3

Proclaim with me the Lord 's greatness; let us praise his name together!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Glorifying God;   God;   Praise;   Testimony;   Thompson Chain Reference - Honour;   Honour God;   Honour-Dishonour;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Communion of Saints;   Glorifying God;   Praise;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abimelech;   Praise;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abimelech;   Achish;   Acrostic;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Doxology;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abimelech;   Achish;   Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Praise;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for April 17;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Proclaim the Lord’s greatness with me;let us exalt his name together.
Hebrew Names Version
Oh magnify the LORD with me. Let us exalt his name together.
King James Version
O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
English Standard Version
Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together!
New Century Version
Glorify the Lord with me, and let us praise his name together.
New English Translation
Magnify the Lord with me! Let's praise his name together!
Amplified Bible
O magnify the LORD with me, And let us lift up His name together.
New American Standard Bible
Exalt the LORD with me, And let's exalt His name together.
World English Bible
Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name together.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Praise ye the Lord with me, and let vs magnifie his Name together.
Legacy Standard Bible
O magnify Yahweh with me,And let us exalt His name together.
Berean Standard Bible
Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
Contemporary English Version
Honor the Lord with me! Celebrate his great name.
Complete Jewish Bible
When I boast, it will be about Adonai ; the humble will hear of it and be glad.
Darby Translation
Magnify Jehovah with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Easy-to-Read Version
Praise the Lord with me. Let us honor his name.
George Lamsa Translation
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Lexham English Bible
Magnify Yahweh with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Literal Translation
O magnify Jehovah with me; and let us exalt His name together.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O prayse ye LORDE with me, and let vs magnifie his name together.
American Standard Version
Oh magnify Jehovah with me, And let us exalt his name together.
Bible in Basic English
O give praise to the Lord with me; let us be witnesses together of his great name.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
My soul shall glory in the LORD; the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
King James Version (1611)
O magnifie the Lord with me, and let vs exalt his name together.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Magnifie God with me: and let vs exalt his name [all] together.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Magnify ye the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
English Revised Version
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Magnyfie ye the Lord with me; and enhaunse we his name into it silf.
Update Bible Version
Oh magnify Yahweh with me, And let us exalt his name together.
Webster's Bible Translation
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
New King James Version
Oh, magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together.
New Living Translation
Come, let us tell of the Lord 's greatness; let us exalt his name together.
New Life Bible
Give great honor to the Lord with me. Let us praise His name together.
New Revised Standard
O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Ascribe ye greatness unto Yahweh with me, and let us exalt his Name together.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(33-4) O magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name together.
Revised Standard Version
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
Young's Literal Translation
Ascribe ye greatness to Jehovah with me, And we exalt His name together.
THE MESSAGE
Join me in spreading the news; together let's get the word out.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
O magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.

Contextual Overview

1 I will always thank the Lord ; I will never stop praising him. 2 I will praise him for what he has done; may all who are oppressed listen and be glad! 3 Proclaim with me the Lord 's greatness; let us praise his name together! 4 I prayed to the Lord , and he answered me; he freed me from all my fears. 5 The oppressed look to him and are glad; they will never be disappointed. 6 The helpless call to him, and he answers; he saves them from all their troubles. 7 His angel guards those who honor the Lord and rescues them from danger. 8 Find out for yourself how good the Lord is. Happy are those who find safety with him. 9 Honor the Lord , all his people; those who obey him have all they need. 10 Even lions go hungry for lack of food, but those who obey the Lord lack nothing good.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

magnify: Psalms 35:27, Psalms 40:16, Psalms 69:30, Luke 1:46, Acts 19:17, Philippians 1:20

let us: Psalms 33:1, Psalms 33:2, Psalms 66:8, Psalms 103:20-22, Psalms 148:1-14, 1 Chronicles 29:20, 2 Chronicles 29:30, Revelation 14:7, Revelation 19:5, Revelation 19:6

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:2 - exalt him Job 36:24 - magnify Psalms 23:3 - leadeth Psalms 30:1 - extol Psalms 50:15 - deliver Psalms 66:17 - I cried Psalms 95:1 - Come Psalms 99:5 - Exalt Psalms 107:8 - praise Psalms 116:1 - because Isaiah 12:4 - his name

Cross-References

Ruth 1:14
Again they started crying. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye and went back home, but Ruth held on to her.
1 Samuel 18:1
Saul and David finished their conversation. After that, Saul's son Jonathan was deeply attracted to David and came to love him as much as he loved himself.
2 Samuel 19:7
Now go and reassure your men. I swear by the Lord 's name that if you don't, not one of them will be with you by tomorrow morning. That would be the worst disaster you have suffered in all your life."
2 Chronicles 30:22
Hezekiah praised the Levites for their skill in conducting the worship of the Lord . After the seven days during which they offered sacrifices in praise of the Lord , the God of their ancestors,
Isaiah 40:2
Encourage the people of Jerusalem. Tell them they have suffered long enough and their sins are now forgiven. I have punished them in full for all their sins."
Hosea 2:14
So I am going to take her into the desert again; there I will win her back with words of love.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

O magnify the Lord with me,.... The psalmist invites the humble ones, who he knew would rejoice at the goodness of God to him, to join with him in ascribing greatness to the Lord, which is meant by magnifying him; for he cannot be made great by men, only declared how great he is, and that can only be done in an imperfect manner;

and let us exalt his name together: by proclaiming him to be the most High; by making mention of his glorious perfections and works, that he be exalted; and by praising him in the highest strains; or by having the high praises of him in their mouths; and there is more pleasure as well as more glory brought to God by doing this in a social way, or by a number of saints joining together in such service.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O magnify the Lord with me - This seems to be addressed primarily to the “humble,” those referred to in the previous verse. As they could appreciate what he would say, as they could understand the nature of his feelings in view of his deliverance, he calls upon them especially to exult with him in the goodness of God. As he and they had common calamities and trials, so might they have common joys; as they were united in danger and sorrow, so it was proper that they should be united in joy and in praise. The word “magnify’ means literally “to make great,” and then, to make great in the view of the mind, or to regard and treat as great. The idea is, that he wished all, in circumstances similar to those in which he had been placed, to have a just sense of the greatness of God, and of his claims to love and praise. Compare Psalms 35:27; Psalms 40:17; Psalms 69:30; Psalms 70:4; Luke 1:46.

And let us exalt his name together - Let us unite in “lifting up” his name; that is, in raising it above all other things in our own estimation, and in the view of our fellow-men; in so making it known that it shall rise above every other object, that all may see and adore.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 34:3. Magnify the Lord with me — גדלו ליהוה gaddelu lavhovah, "make greatness to Jehovah;" show his greatness; and let "us exalt his name," let us show how high and glorious it is.


 
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