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Psalms 118:15

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.

  • KJV King James Version

    The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

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Cross-references (19)

Passages linked to Psalms 118:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Psalms 89:13 You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
  • Acts 2:46-47 Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
  • Psalms 60:12 Through God we will do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.
  • Exodus 15:6 Your right hand, Yahweh, is glorious in power. Your right hand, Yahweh, dashes the enemy in pieces.
  • Psalms 98:1 Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.
  • Luke 1:51 He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
  • Psalms 44:3 For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
  • Isaiah 65:13 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed;
  • Acts 16:34 He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.
  • Revelation 18:20 “Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.”
  • Psalms 32:11–33:1 Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart! Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.
  • Psalms 68:3 But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
  • Psalms 119:111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
  • Deuteronomy 12:12 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
  • Psalms 30:11-12 You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness, to the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
  • Psalms 45:4 In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
  • Isaiah 51:9-11 Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster? Isn’t it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over? Those ransomed by Yahweh will return, and come with singing to Zion. Everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
  • Revelation 19:1-5 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God; for his judgments are true and righteous. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.” A second said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever.” The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!” A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”
  • Psalms 119:54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.

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Explain this verse (16 sources)

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 15. The voice of shouting and salvation is in…

15. The voice of shouting and salvation is in the tabernacles of the just. He affirms that the kindness which God had conferred upon him was so extensive, that it would not do to render thanks to him privately. In the benefits which he had received, God’s power appeared both remarkable and memorable, and the fruit of it also was extended to the whole Church. Therefore, as David’s deliverance was wonderful and advantageous generally to all the godly, he promises that he would make a public thanksgiving; and invites them to join him in this holy exercise. By this circumstance, he chiefly aims at magnifying the grace of God, and also by its effects to demonstrate, that not merely his individual preservation, but that of the whole Church, in his person, was accomplished. Intercommunion among believers does, indeed, bind them alternately to render thanks to God for each other; in David’s case, there was the specific reason which I have mentioned, his wonderful preservation from many deaths, and his having assigned to him the sovereignty of God’s chosen people. It is worthy of notice, that he combines the voice of joy and gladness with the praise of God, by which he shows that believers ought to mingle with their mirth a sense of the grace of God. To do valiantly, is tantamount to a magnificent display of his power, so that there may be a bright manifestation of its effulgence. God ofttimes secretly, and when apparently feeble, grants deliverance to his faithful people, that they may be sensible that it comes from him; but this is not so well known to others. Here, however, David asserts that the operation of God was so plainly developed, no one could doubt whence his safety came. The other phrase, that the right hand of God was exalted, refers to the same subject, because, by working powerfully and unwontedly, God had exalted his hand.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He promiseth both to render graces himself, and to…
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation [is]…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The voice of rejoicing and salvation, of rejoicing and…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I shall not die, but live,.... Not that he…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Doth valiantly - These are the words of that…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 15. The voice of rejoicing] Formerly there was…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 118:15-18. The voice of rejoicing and salvation —…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The voice of rejoicing and salvation - Rejoicing for…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 15. Tabernacles—Or tents, poetically for dwellings. The exiles had…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. tabernacles] Tents, i.e. dwellings (Psa_91:10), unless the reference…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) In the tabernacles of the righteous.—Whether we are…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the…
Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 15. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 The joyful shout of victory is heard in the…

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