Psalms 70:4

King James Version (1611 Edition)

They that hate mee without a cause, are moe then the haires of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mightie: then I restored that which I tooke not away.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;let those who love your salvationcontinually say, “God is great!”

Hebrew Names Version
Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your yeshu`ah continually say, "Let God be exalted!"

King James Version
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

English Standard Version
May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you! May those who love your salvation say evermore, "God is great!"

New Century Version
But let all those who worship you rejoice and be glad. Let those who love your salvation always say, "Praise the greatness of God."

New English Translation
May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May God be praised!"

Amplified Bible
May all those who seek You [as life's first priority] rejoice and be glad in You; May those who love Your salvation say continually, "Let God be magnified!"

New American Standard Bible
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And may those who love Your salvation say continually, "May God be exalted!"

World English Bible
Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, "Let God be exalted!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
But let all those that seeke thee, be ioyfull and glad in thee, and let all that loue thy saluation, say alwaies, God be praised.

Legacy Standard Bible
Let those be joyful and glad in YouAll who seek YouAnd let them say continually,"Let God be magnified,"Those who love Your salvation.

Berean Standard Bible
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation ever say, "Let God be magnified!"

Contemporary English Version
Let your worshipers celebrate and be glad because of you. They love your saving power, so let them always say, "God is wonderful!"

Complete Jewish Bible
May those who jeer, "Aha! Aha!" withdraw because of their shame.

Darby Translation
Let all those that seek thee be glad and rejoice in thee, and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified!

Easy-to-Read Version
But may those who come to you be happy and rejoice. May those who love being saved by you always be able to say, "Praise God!"

George Lamsa Translation
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

Good News Translation
May all who come to you be glad and joyful. May all who are thankful for your salvation always say, "How great is God!"

Lexham English Bible
Let them rejoice and be glad in you, all those who seek you. Let them say continually, "God is great!" those who love your salvation.

Literal Translation
Let all those who seek You rejoice, and be glad in You; and let those who love Your salvation forever say, Let God be magnified.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But let all those that seke the, be ioyfull & glad in the: and let all soch as delyte in thy sauynge health, saye alwaye: ye LORDE be praysed.

American Standard Version
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; And let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

Bible in Basic English
Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May God be great.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Let them be turned back by reason of their shame that say: 'Aha, aha.'

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But let all those that seke thee be ioyfull and glad in thee: and let all such as delight in thy saluation say alway, the Lorde be magnified.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Let all that seek thee exult and be glad in thee: and let those that love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

English Revised Version
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alle men that seken thee, make fulli ioie, and be glad in thee; and thei that louen thin heelthe, seie euere, The Lord be magnyfied.

Update Bible Version
Let all those that seek you rejoice and be glad in you; And let such as love your salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

New King James Version
Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And let those who love Your salvation say continually, "Let God be magnified!"

New Living Translation
But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, "God is great!"

New Life Bible
Let all who look for You be full of joy and be glad in You. And let those who love Your saving power always say, "Let God be honored."

New Revised Standard
Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation say evermore, "God is great!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Let all them be glad and rejoice in thee, Yea, let them, who are seekers of thee, - say continually, God be magnified! Who are lovers of thy salvation.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(69-5) Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; and let such as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified.

Revised Standard Version
May all who seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee! May those who love thy salvation say evermore, "God is great!"

Young's Literal Translation
Let all those seeking Thee joy and be glad in Thee, And let those loving Thy salvation Say continually, `God is magnified.'

THE MESSAGE
Let those on the hunt for you sing and celebrate. Let all who love your saving way say over and over, "God is mighty!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And let those who love Your salvation say continually, "Let God be magnified."

Contextual Overview

¹ [To the chiefe musician vpon Shoshannim, A Psalme of Dauid.] Saue mee, O God, for the waters are come in vnto my soule. ² I sinke in deepe mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deepe waters, where the flouds ouerflow me. ³ I am weary of my crying, my throate is dried: mine eyes faile while I waite for my God. ⁴ They that hate mee without a cause, are moe then the haires of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mightie: then I restored that which I tooke not away. ⁵ O God, thou knowest my foolishnesse; and my sinnes are not hidde from thee. Let not them that waite on thee, O Lord God of hostes, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seeke thee, be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. Because for thy sake I haue borne reproch: shame hath couered my face. I am become a stranger vnto my brethren, and an aliant vnto my mothers children. For the zeale of thine house hath eaten mee vp; and the reproches of them that reproched thee, are fallen vpon me. When I wept, and chastened my soule with fasting, that was to my reproch. I made sackecloth also my garment: & I became a prouerbe to them. They that sit in the gate, speake against mee; and I was the song of the drunkards. But as for mee, my prayer is vnto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercie heare me, in the trueth of thy saluation. Deliuer me out of the mire, and let me not sinke: let me bee deliuered from them that hate me, and out of the deepe waters. Let not the water flood ouerflow me, neither let the deepe swallow mee vp, and let not the pit shut her mouth vpon me. Heare me, O Lord, for thy louing kindnesse is good: turne vnto mee according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. And hide not thy face from thy seruant, for I am in trouble: heare me speedily. Draw nigh vnto my soule, and redeeme it: deliuer me because of mine enemies. Thou hast knowen my reproch and my shame and my dishonor: mine aduersaries are all before thee. Reproch hath broken my heart, and I am full of heauines: and I looked for some to take pitie, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. They gaue mee also gall for my meat, and in my thirst they gaue mee vineger to drinke. Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should haue bene for their welfare, let it become a trap. Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and make their loines continually to shake. Powre out thine indignation vpon them, and let thy wrathfull anger take hold of them. Let their habitation be desolate, and let none dwell in their tents. For they persecute him who thou hast smitten, and they talke to the griefe of those whom thou hast wounded. Adde iniquitie vnto their iniquitie: and let them not come into thy righteousnesse. Let them bee blotted out of the booke of the liuing, and not be written with the righteous. But I am poore, and sorowfull: let thy saluation (O God) set me vp on high. I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnifie him with thankesgiuing. This also shall please the Lord better then an oxe or bullocke that hath hornes and hoofes. The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall liue that seeke good. For the Lord heareth the poore, and despiseth not his prisoners. Let the heauen and earth praise him, the seas, and euery thing that moueth therein. For God will saue Sion, and will build the cities of Iudah, that they may dwell there, and haue it in possession. The seede also of his seruants shall inherit it: and they that loue his name shall dwell therein.

Bible Verse Review
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Psalms 5:11, Psalms 35:27, Psalms 40:16, Psalms 97:12, Isaiah 61:10, Isaiah 65:13, Isaiah 65:14, Lamentations 3:25, John 16:20

Reciprocal: Psalms 40:15 - say Psalms 132:9 - let thy saints Matthew 7:7 - seek

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let all those that seek thee,.... The Targum is,

"that seek doctrine (or instruction) from thee.''

rejoice and be glad in thee; the Targum paraphrases it,

"rejoice and be glad in thy word.''

and let such as love thy salvation say continually, let God be magnified; the Targum is,

"let the glory of the Lord be increased;''

and in Psalms 40:16, instead of "God", it is "the Lord", or "Jehovah":

Psalms 40:16- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let all those that seek thee ... - The only change in this verse from Psalms 40:16, is in the insertion of the word “and” in the beginning of the second clause - “and let such as love,” etc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 70:4. Let God be magnified. — Let his glory, mercy, and kindness, continually appear in the increase of his own work in the souls of his followers!