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I Will Sing of His Love Forever

Psalms 89:15

In 11 translations

BSB
Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
KJV
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
WEB
Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.
ASV
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
LSV
O the blessedness of the people knowing the shout, || O YHWH, they habitually walk in the light of Your face.
YLT
O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.
DBY
Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
DRC88:16
Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:
GNV
Blessed is the people, that can reioyce in thee: they shall walke in the light of thy countenance, O Lord.
JPS89:16
Happy is the people that know the joyful shout; they walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance.
LXXE88:16
Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC89:16
אַשְׁרֵ֣י הָ֭עָם יוֹדְעֵ֣י תְרוּעָ֑ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה בְּֽאוֹר־פָּנֶ֥יךָ יְהַלֵּכֽוּן׃KJV:Ps.89.15
LXX-Br88:16
Μακάριος ὁ λαὸς ὁ γινώσκων ἀλαλαγμόν· Κύριε ἐν τῷ φωτὶ τοῦ προσώπου σου πορεύσονται,

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From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 44:3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
  • Isaiah 2:5Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
  • Job 29:3when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
  • Psalms 4:6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
  • Isaiah 52:7–8How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” Listen! Your watchmen lift up their…
  • Psalms 100:1Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.
  • Acts 2:28You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
  • Numbers 6:26may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’
  • Numbers 10:10And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am…
  • John 14:21–23Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.” Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You…
  • Numbers 23:21He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
  • Leviticus 25:9Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.
  • Romans 10:15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
  • Psalms 98:4–6Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises! Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp. With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s…
  • Proverbs 16:15When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
  • Romans 10:18But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

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  • 89:16 in some Bibles
  • 89:15 in most Bibles

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