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Psalms 35:9

But let me run loose and free, celebrating God 's great work, Every bone in my body laughing, singing, " God , there's no one like you. You put the down-and-out on their feet and protect the unprotected from bullies!"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Enemy;   Joy;   Thankfulness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Soul;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Delight;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joy;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then I will rejoice in the Lord;I will delight in his deliverance.
Hebrew Names Version
My soul shall be joyful in the LORD. It shall rejoice in his yeshu`ah.
King James Version
And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord : it shall rejoice in his salvation.
English Standard Version
Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord , exulting in his salvation.
New Century Version
Then I will rejoice in the Lord ; I will be happy when he saves me.
New English Translation
Then I will rejoice in the Lord and be happy because of his deliverance.
Amplified Bible
Then my soul shall rejoice in the LORD; It shall rejoice in His salvation.
New American Standard Bible
So my soul shall rejoice in the LORD; It shall rejoice in His salvation.
World English Bible
My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then my soule shalbe ioyfull in the Lord: it shall reioyce in his saluation.
Legacy Standard Bible
And my soul shall rejoice in Yahweh;It shall be joyful in His salvation.
Berean Standard Bible
Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
Contemporary English Version
I will celebrate and be joyful because you, Lord , have saved me.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then I will be joyful in Adonai , I will rejoice in his salvation.
Darby Translation
And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then I will rejoice in the Lord . I will be happy when he saves me.
George Lamsa Translation
My soul shall be joyful in God; it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Good News Translation
Then I will be glad because of the Lord ; I will be happy because he saved me.
Lexham English Bible
Then my soul will rejoice in Yahweh; it will rejoice in his salvation.
Literal Translation
And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it will rejoice in His salvation.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But let my soule be ioyfull in the LORDE, and reioyse in his helpe.
American Standard Version
And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah: It shall rejoice in his salvation.
Bible in Basic English
And my soul will have joy in the Lord; it will be glad in his salvation.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD; it shall rejoice in His salvation.
King James Version (1611)
And my soule shalbe ioyfull in the Lord: it shall reioyce in his saluation.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
[And] my soule shalbe ioyfull in God: it shall reioyce in his saluation.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But my soul shall exult in the Lord: it shall delight in his salvation.
English Revised Version
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But my soule schal fulli haue ioye in the Lord; and schal delite on his helthe.
Update Bible Version
And my soul shall be joyful in Yahweh: It shall rejoice in his salvation.
Webster's Bible Translation
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
New King James Version
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD; It shall rejoice in His salvation.
New Living Translation
Then I will rejoice in the Lord . I will be glad because he rescues me.
New Life Bible
My soul will be happy in the Lord. It will be full of joy because He saves.
New Revised Standard
Then my soul shall rejoice in the Lord , exulting in his deliverance.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, my soul, shall exult in Yahweh, - shall be glad in his salvation.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(34-9) But my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; and shall be delighted in his salvation.
Revised Standard Version
Then my soul shall rejoice in the LORD, exulting in his deliverance.
Young's Literal Translation
And my soul is joyful in Jehovah, It rejoiceth in His salvation.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And my soul shall rejoice in the Lord ; It shall exult in His salvation.

Contextual Overview

1A David Psalm Harass these hecklers, God , punch these bullies in the nose. Grab a weapon, anything at hand; stand up for me! Get ready to throw the spear, aim the javelin, at the people who are out to get me. Reassure me; let me hear you say, "I'll save you." 4When those thugs try to knife me in the back, make them look foolish. Frustrate all those who are plotting my downfall. Make them like cinders in a high wind, with God 's angel working the bellows. Make their road lightless and mud-slick, with God 's angel on their tails. Out of sheer cussedness they set a trap to catch me; for no good reason they dug a ditch to stop me. Surprise them with your ambush— catch them in the very trap they set, the disaster they planned for me. 9But let me run loose and free, celebrating God 's great work, Every bone in my body laughing, singing, " God , there's no one like you. You put the down-and-out on their feet and protect the unprotected from bullies!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 13:5, Psalms 21:1, Psalms 33:21, Psalms 48:11, Psalms 58:10, Psalms 58:11, Psalms 68:1-3, 1 Samuel 2:1, Isaiah 61:10, Habakkuk 3:18, Luke 1:46, Luke 1:47, Galatians 5:22, Philippians 3:1-3

Reciprocal: Psalms 9:14 - I will Psalms 20:5 - rejoice Psalms 51:12 - joy Jeremiah 20:13 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
God appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your children." Abram built an altar at the place God had appeared to him.
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, God showed up and said to him, "I am The Strong God, live entirely before me, live to the hilt! I'll make a covenant between us and I'll give you a huge family."
Genesis 18:1
God appeared to Abraham at the Oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent. It was the hottest part of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing. He ran from his tent to greet them and bowed before them.
Genesis 26:2
God appeared to him and said, "Don't go down to Egypt; stay where I tell you. Stay here in this land and I'll be with you and bless you. I'm giving you and your children all these lands, fulfilling the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. I'll make your descendants as many as the stars in the sky and give them all these lands. All the nations of the Earth will get a blessing for themselves through your descendants. And why? Because Abraham obeyed my summons and kept my charge—my commands, my guidelines, my teachings."
Genesis 28:13
Then God was right before him, saying, "I am God , the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. I'm giving the ground on which you are sleeping to you and to your descendants. Your descendants will be as the dust of the Earth; they'll stretch from west to east and from north to south. All the families of the Earth will bless themselves in you and your descendants. Yes. I'll stay with you, I'll protect you wherever you go, and I'll bring you back to this very ground. I'll stick with you until I've done everything I promised you."
Genesis 31:3
That's when God said to Jacob, "Go back home where you were born. I'll go with you."
Genesis 32:1
And Jacob went his way. Angels of God met him. When Jacob saw them he said, "Oh! God's Camp!" And he named the place Mahanaim (Campground).
Genesis 35:1
God spoke to Jacob: "Go back to Bethel. Stay there and build an altar to the God who revealed himself to you when you were running for your life from your brother Esau."
Genesis 35:2
Jacob told his family and all those who lived with him, "Throw out all the alien gods which you have, take a good bath and put on clean clothes, we're going to Bethel. I'm going to build an altar there to the God who answered me when I was in trouble and has stuck with me everywhere I've gone since."
Genesis 35:4
They turned over to Jacob all the alien gods they'd been holding on to, along with their lucky-charm earrings. Jacob buried them under the oak tree in Shechem. Then they set out. A paralyzing fear descended on all the surrounding villages so that they were unable to pursue the sons of Jacob.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord,.... Not in the destruction of his enemies, but in the God of his salvation; the Targum is, "in the Word of the Lord"; the essential Word of God, the promised Messiah, Saviour, and Redeemer. Christ is the object of a believer's joy; he rejoices in his person, as he is the mighty God, able to save him, and to keep what he has committed to him, and to preserve him from falling; as he is God and man in one person, and so fit to be a Mediator between God and man; and as he is a Prophet to instruct him, a Priest to expiate his sin and make intercession for him, and as a King to rule over, protect, and defend him; and as he stands in the relations of a father, husband, brother, and friend: he rejoices in what he has done and is doing; in that this Word is made flesh, and has obtained eternal redemption, and now appears in the presence of God, as an advocate and intercessor: it follows,

it shall rejoice in his salvation; that which Jehovah the Father has determined upon, provided for, and has formed the scheme of; that which Jehovah the Son undertook to accomplish, and now has finished; and that which Jehovah the Spirit had made a discovery and application of unto the psalmist, in answer to his request in Psalms 35:3. This filled him with so much joy, as it does every believer that has a view of interest in it; seeing hereby the law is fulfilled, justice is satisfied, sin is atoned for, the pardon of it is procured, an everlasting righteousness is brought in, and a solid foundation laid for hope of eternal glory and happiness.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord - That is, I shall be joyful, or will rejoice. This is said in anticipation of the interposition of God in destroying his enemies, and in delivering him from danger. It is not joy in the destruction of others; it is joy that he himself would be delivered. Our own deliverance from the hand of our enemies may involve the necessity of their being cut off. What we rejoice in, in such a case, is not their ruin, but our own deliverance; and for this it can never be improper to give thanks. The psalmist says that he would rejoice “in the Lord.” It would not be in his own skill or valor, but in what God had done to save him. See the notes at Psalms 34:2.

It shall rejoice in his salvation - For the salvation or deliverance that he brings to me.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 35:9. My soul — My life, thus saved -

Shall be joyful in the Lord — I am so circumstanced at present as to be in the utmost danger of being destroyed by my foes; if I escape, it must be by the strong arm of the Lord; and to him shall the glory be given.


 
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