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New Century Version

Psalms 22:3

You sit as the Holy One. The praises of Israel are your throne.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   God Continued...;   The Topic Concordance - Deliverance;   Jesus Christ;   Suffering;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holiness of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Psalms, book of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Habitation;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aijeleth Shahar;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aijeleth Hash-Shahar;   Atonement;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Praise (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Cedron;   Naphtali;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Messiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for March 23;   Every Day Light - Devotion for January 26;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But you are holy,enthroned on the praises of Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
But you are holy, You who inhabit the praises of Yisra'el.
King James Version
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
English Standard Version
Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
New English Translation
You are holy; you sit as king receiving the praises of Israel.
Amplified Bible
But You are holy, O You who are enthroned in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered].
New American Standard Bible
Yet You are holy, You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
World English Bible
But you are holy, You who inhabit the praises of Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But thou art holy, and doest inhabite the prayses of Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
Yet You are holy,Enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
Contemporary English Version
Yet you are the holy God, ruling from your throne and praised by Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
My God, by day I call to you, but you don't answer; likewise at night, but I get no relief.
Darby Translation
And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
God, you are the Holy One. You sit as King upon the praises of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
For thou art holy, and Israel dwells under thy glory.
Good News Translation
But you are enthroned as the Holy One, the one whom Israel praises.
Lexham English Bible
Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
Literal Translation
But You are holy, being enthroned on Israel's praises.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yet dwellest thou in the Sanctuary, o thou worshipe of Israel.
American Standard Version
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
O my God, I call by day, but Thou answerest not; and at night, and there is no surcease for me.
King James Version (1611)
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel!
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And yet thou most holy: sittest to receaue the prayers of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But thou, the praise of Israel, dwellest in a sanctuary.
English Revised Version
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe thou, the preisyng of Israel, dwellist in holynesse;
Update Bible Version
But you are holy, O you that inhabit the praises of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
New King James Version
But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel.
New Living Translation
Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
New Life Bible
Yet You are holy. The praises Israel gives You are Your throne.
New Revised Standard
Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, thou, art holy, Who inhabitest the praises of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(21-4) But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.
Revised Standard Version
Yet thou art holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
And Thou [art] holy, Sitting -- the Praise of Israel.
THE MESSAGE
And you! Are you indifferent, above it all, leaning back on the cushions of Israel's praise? We know you were there for our parents: they cried for your help and you gave it; they trusted and lived a good life.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Yet You are holy, O You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel.

Contextual Overview

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For the director of music. To the tune of "The Doe of Dawn." A psalm of David.

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? You seem far from saving me, far away from my groans. 2 My God, I call to you during the day, but you do not answer. I call at night; I am not silent. 3 You sit as the Holy One. The praises of Israel are your throne. 4 Our ancestors trusted you; they trusted, and you saved them. 5 They called to you for help and were rescued. They trusted you and were not disappointed. 6 But I am like a worm instead of a man. People make fun of me and hate me. 7 Those who look at me laugh. They stick out their tongues and shake their heads. 8 They say, "Turn to the Lord for help. Maybe he will save you. If he likes you, maybe he will rescue you." 9 You had my mother give birth to me. You made me trust you while I was just a baby. 10 I have leaned on you since the day I was born; you have been my God since my mother gave me birth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

But: Psalms 145:17, Isaiah 6:3, Revelation 4:8

that: Psalms 50:23, Psalms 65:1, Deuteronomy 10:21

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:2 - song Song of Solomon 2:14 - for sweet Revelation 15:4 - thou only

Cross-References

Genesis 17:23
Then Abraham gathered Ishmael, all the males born in his camp, and the slaves he had bought. So that day Abraham circumcised every man and boy in his camp as God had told him to do.
Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a leather bag full of water. He gave them to Hagar and sent her away. Carrying these things and her son, Hagar went and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.
Genesis 22:3
Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled his donkey. He took Isaac and two servants with him. After he cut the wood for the sacrifice, they went to the place God had told them to go.
Genesis 22:4
On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as many as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, and they will capture the cities of their enemies.
Genesis 22:19
Then Abraham returned to his servants. They all traveled back to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
Psalms 119:60
I hurried and did not wait to obey your commands.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever work you do, do your best, because you are going to the grave, where there is no working, no planning, no knowledge, and no wisdom.
Matthew 10:37
"Those who love their father or mother more than they love me are not worthy to be my followers. Those who love their son or daughter more than they love me are not worthy to be my followers.
Luke 14:26
"If anyone comes to me but loves his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters—or even life—more than me, he cannot be my follower.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But thou [art] holy,.... Which may be considered either as an argument with his God, why he should hear and answer him, since he is holy, just, and faithful; he has promised, when any call upon him in a day of trouble, he will hear and answer them, and will be glorified by them; this Christ did, and therefore pleads his faithfulness to his promise: or rather a reason quieting him under divine desertion, and a sense of divine wrath, that God was righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works; and that whereas he was the surety of his people, and had all their sins on him, it was perfectly agreeable to the holiness and justice of God to treat him in the manner he did; yea, it was done to declare his righteousness, that he might appear to be just, while he is the justifier of him that believes in him;

[O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel; either the place where Israel offered the sacrifices of praise to God, the tabernacle or temple, the house of prayer and praise in which Jehovah dwelt: or the true Israel of God praising him, who are formed for himself, and called by his grace to show forth his praises; among whom he takes up his residence: or else the praises themselves; and so the phrase denotes God's gracious acceptance of them, and well pleasedness in them, signified by his inhabiting of them, and the frequent and constant ascription of them to him: and perhaps respect may be had chiefly to the praises of his people for providing such a Saviour for them, settling him in the fulness of time, and not sparing him, but delivering him up into the hands of justice and death for them; and for giving all things freely with him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But thou art holy - Thou art righteous and blameless. This indicates that the sufferer had still unwavering confidence in God. Though his prayer seemed not to be heard, and though he was not delivered, he was not disposed to blame God. He believed that God was righteous, though he received no answer; he doubted not that there was some sufficient reason why he was not answered. This is applicable, not only to the Redeemer, in whom it was most fully illustrated, but also to the people of God everywhere. It expresses a state of mind such as all true believers in God have - confidence in him, whatever may be their trials; confidence in him, though the answer to their prayers may be long delayed; confidence in him, though their prayers should seem to be unanswered. Compare the notes at Job 13:15.

O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel - That dwellest where praise is celebrated; that seemest to dwell in the midst of praises. The language here refers to the praises offered in the tabernacle or temple. God was supposed to dwell there, and he was surrounded by those who praised him. The sufferer looks upon him as worshipped by the multitude of his people; and the feeling of his heart is, that though he was himself a sufferer - a great and apparently unpitied sufferer - though he, by his afflictions, was not permitted to unite in those lofty praises, yet he could own that God was worthy of all those songs, and that it was proper that they should be addressed to him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 22:3. But thou art holy — Though I be not heard, even while I cry earnestly, yet I cannot impute any fault or unkindness to my Maker; for thou art holy, and canst do nothing but what is right. This is the language of profound resignation, in trials the most difficult to be borne.

Inhabitest the praises of Israel. — Thou dwellest in the sanctuary where the praises, thanksgivings, and sacrifices of thy people are continually offered.


 
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