Psalms 35:28

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And my tongue will proclaim your righteousness,your praise all day long.

Hebrew Names Version
My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

King James Version
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

English Standard Version
Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.

New Century Version
I will tell of your goodness and will praise you every day.

New English Translation
Then I will tell others about your justice, and praise you all day long.

Amplified Bible
And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness (justice), And Your praise all the day long.

New American Standard Bible
And my tongue shall proclaim Your righteousness And Your praise all day long.

World English Bible
My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And my tongue shall vtter thy righteousnesse, and thy praise euery day.

Legacy Standard Bible
And my tongue shall utter Your righteousnessAnd Your praise all day long.

Berean Standard Bible
Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.

Contemporary English Version
Then I will shout all day, "Praise the Lord God! He did what was right."

Complete Jewish Bible
Then my tongue will tell of your righteousness and praise you all day long.

Darby Translation
And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness, [and] of thy praise, all the day.

Easy-to-Read Version
So, Lord, I will tell people how good you are. I will praise you all day long.

George Lamsa Translation
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

Good News Translation
Then I will proclaim your righteousness, and I will praise you all day long.

Lexham English Bible
Then my tongue will proclaim your righteousness, and your praise all day.

Literal Translation
And my tongue will speak of Your righteousness and of Your praise all the day.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And as for my tonge, it shall be talkynge of thy rightuousnes and of thy prayse, all the daye longe.

American Standard Version
And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness And of thy praise all the day long.

Bible in Basic English
And my tongue will be talking of your righteousness and of your praise all the day.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And my tongue shall speak of Thy righteousness, and of Thy praise all the day.

King James Version (1611)
And my tongue shall speake of thy righteousnesse, and of thy praise all the day long.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And my tongue shalbe talking of thy righteousnesse: and of thy prayse all the day long.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And my tongue shall meditate on thy righteousness, and on thy praise all the day.

English Revised Version
And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness, and of thy praise all the day long.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And my tunge schal bithenke thi riytfulnesse; al day thin heriyng.

Update Bible Version
And my tongue shall talk of your righteousness [And] of your praise all the day long.

Webster's Bible Translation
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness [and] of thy praise all the day long.

New King James Version
And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness And of Your praise all the day long.

New Living Translation
Then I will proclaim your justice, and I will praise you all day long.

New Life Bible
And my tongue will tell about how right and good You are, and about Your praise all day long.

New Revised Standard
Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all day long.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Mine own tongue also, shall softly utter thy righteousness, - All the day long, - thy praise!

Douay-Rheims Bible
(34-28) And my tongue shall meditate thy justice, thy praise all the day long.

Revised Standard Version
Then my tongue shall tell of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

Young's Literal Translation
And my tongue uttereth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy praise!

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness And Your praise all day long.

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ God , how long are you going to stand there doing nothing? Save me from their brutalities; everything I've got is being thrown to the lions. I will give you full credit when everyone gathers for worship; When the people turn out in force I will say my Hallelujahs. ¹⁹Don't let these liars, my enemies, have a party at my expense, Those who hate me for no reason, winking and rolling their eyes. No good is going to come from that crowd; They spend all their time cooking up gossip against those who mind their own business. They open their mouths in ugly grins, Mocking, "Ha-ha, ha-ha, thought you'd get away with it? We've caught you hands down!" ²² Don't you see what they're doing, God ? You're not going to let them Get by with it, are you? Not going to walk off without doing something, are you? ²³Please get up—wake up! Tend to my case. My God, my Lord—my life is on the line. Do what you think is right, God , my God, but don't make me pay for their good time. Don't let them say to themselves, "Ha-ha, we got what we wanted." Don't let them say, "We've chewed him up and spit him out." Let those who are being hilarious at my expense Be made to look ridiculous. Make them wear donkey's ears; Pin them with the donkey's tail, who made themselves so high and mighty! ²⁷But those who want the best for me, Let them have the last word—a glad shout!— and say, over and over and over, " God is great—everything works together for good for his servant." I'll tell the world how great and good you are, I'll shout Hallelujah all day, every day.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 34:1, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 51:14, Psalms 51:15, Psalms 71:24, Psalms 104:33, Psalms 104:34, Psalms 145:1, Psalms 145:2, Psalms 145:5, Psalms 145:21

Reciprocal: Psalms 7:17 - according Psalms 71:8 - General Psalms 71:15 - all the day James 3:9 - Therewith

Cross-References

Genesis 25:7
Abraham lived 175 years. Then he took his final breath. He died happy at a ripe old age, full of years, and was buried with his family. His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, next to Mamre. It was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried next to his wife Sarah. After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived at Beer Lahai Roi.

Genesis 50:26
Joseph died at the age of 110 years. They embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness,.... In vindicating his cause, and bringing his enemies to shame and confusion, as well as of the glory and excellency of that righteousness of his, by which he was justified in his sight, and from whence his inward peace and prosperity flowed:

[and] of thy praise all the day long; for the many mercies, temporal and spiritual, he was every day favoured with.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness - That is, I will praise thee as a righteous God.

And of thy praise - Of that which is a ground or reason for praise. I will speak continually of that in God and in his doings which make it proper that he should be praised.

All the day long - Continually; constantly. Every new proof of the kindness of God to him would lead to new acts of praise; and his life, as ours should be, would be a continual expression of thanksgiving.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 35:28. And my tongue shall speak — I, who am chiefly concerned, and who have received most, am under the greatest obligation; and it will require the constant gratitude and obedience of my whole life to discharge the mighty debt I owe.

ANALYSIS OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH PSALM

This Psalm may be divided into three parts: - I. A prayer for defence against his enemies. In which he prays, 1. For protection, Psalms 35:1-3; Psalms 35:17; Psalms 35:19; Psalms 35:22-25. And, 2. Imprecates evil to fall on their counsels and designs.

II. A bitter complaint against the malice of his enemies, which he pours out into the ears of God as motives to plead his cause, Psalms 35:7; Psalms 35:11-16; Psalms 35:19-21.

III. An expression of his trust and confidence in God for help and deliverance; his joy in it, Psalms 35:9; Psalms 35:10; his thanks for it, Psalms 35:18; Psalms 35:28; and a motive to others to do the like, Psalms 35:27.

1. In the courts of men and princes, innocent persons are often oppressed by false accusations and calumnies, persecuted and overborne by power.

He then, first, prays to God to be his Advocate, his Patron, and his Protector: 1. "Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive against me." 2. "Fight against them that fight against me," c. 3. "Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation." Assure me of thy favour.

He secondly, begins an imprecation against his enemies: 1. "Let them be confounded and put to shame," Psalms 35:4. 2. "Let them be as chaff before the wind," Psalms 35:5. 3. "Let their way be dark and slippery," Psalms 35:6. 4. "Let destruction come upon him unawares," Psalms 35:8.

And here he inserts some reasons for his petition and imprecation: -

1. From the justice of his cause, and their injustice: "Without cause they hid for me their net," Psalms 35:7.

2. From his gratitude that, being delivered, he would be thankful: "And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord," c., Psalms 35:9; Psalms 35:10.

3. From his enemies' dealings with him, Psalms 35:11-17.

II. He then enters upon his complaint and lays to their charge,

1. Perfidiousness, extreme malice, and perjury: "False witnesses did rise," c.

2. Ingratitude. They rewarded me evil for good. Good he did to them for, when they were afflicted, he fasted and prayed for them.

3. They were cruel to him: "In my adversity they rejoiced."

4. They mocked him and made him their cruel sport: "The abjects gathered themselves together against me," c.

5. And a conspiracy in all, Psalms 35:20-21.

Then he returns again to his petition and expostulates with God, wondering that he should be so patient with them: "Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from destruction," c.

And, to move God the sooner to do it, he repeats his former reason, Psalms 35:9, engaging himself to be thankful: "I will give thee thanks in the great congregation I will praise thee among much people."

He continues his suit to the end of the Psalm; sometimes praying, at others imprecating.

1. He deprecates: "Let not my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me, neither let them wink with the eye," c. And that God may be the readier to hear him, and stay their joy and triumph, he subjoins these reasons: 1. "For they speak not peace." 2. "They devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land." 3. They are impudent, lying people: "Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me," c. This is a truth this is not hidden from thee: "This thou hast seen," and from them to thee I turn my eyes and thus renew my prayer: -

1. "Keep not silence." Do not appear to neglect my cause; nor to let them pass on with impunity.

2. "Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment," c. Defend me, and confound them: -

3. "Judge me according to thy righteousness," which suffers not the just to be always oppressed.

4. "Let them not rejoice over me," and, in me, over the truth, and over a just cause.

5. "Let them not say in their hearts, So would we have it," c.

6. But rather let that befall them which I have prayed for: "Let them be ashamed, - brought to confusion, - and clothed with shame and dishonour, that magnify themselves against me."

III. In the conclusion he expresses his trust and confidence in God and intimates that if he be heard, then he, and the whole Church, and all good men, will rejoice together.

1. To them he first directs his speech: "Let them shout for joy that favour my righteous cause yea, let them say continually; Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant."

2. He then declares what effect this will have upon him in particular: "My tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long."