that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
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that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
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That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
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(9-15) That I may tell of all Thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion, that I may rejoice in Thy salvation.
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Passages linked to Psalms 9:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 13:5 But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.
- 1 Samuel 2:1 Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
- Psalms 20:5 We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May Yahweh grant all your requests.
- Psalms 35:9 My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation.
- Psalms 51:12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.
- Psalms 106:2 Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, or fully declare all his praise?
- Psalms 21:1 The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!
- Isaiah 37:22 this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him. The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
- Habakkuk 3:18 yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
- Psalms 22:22 I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the assembly, I will praise you.
- Psalms 22:25 My praise of you comes in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.
- Psalms 35:18 I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
- Psalms 42:4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God’s house, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
- Psalms 51:15 Lord, open my lips. My mouth will declare your praise.
- Psalms 79:13 So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.
- Psalms 109:30-31 I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude. For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
- Psalms 116:18-19 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people, in the courts of Yahweh’s house, in the middle of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 118:19-20 Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah. This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it.
- Psalms 149:1-2 Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints. Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
- Isaiah 12:3 Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
- Isaiah 62:11 Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth, “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your salvation comes! Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him!’ ”
- Micah 4:13 Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze; and you will beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain to Yahweh, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.
- Luke 1:47 My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 14. That I may recount. David’s meaning simply is,…
14. That I may recount. David’s meaning simply is, that he will celebrate the praises of God in all assemblies, and, wherever there is the greatest concourse of people, (for at that time it was the custom to hold assemblies at the gates of cities;) but, at the same time, there seems to be an allusion to the gates of death, of which he has just spoken, as if he had said, After I am delivered from the grave, I will do my endeavor to bear testimony, in the most public manner, to the goodness of God, manifested in my deliverance. As, however, it is not sufficient to utter the praises of God with our tongues, if they do not proceed from the heart, the Psalmist, in the last clause of the verse, expresses the inward joy with which he would engage in this exercise, And that I may rejoice in thy salvation; as if he had said, I desire to live in this world for no other purpose than to rejoice in having been preserved by the grace of God. Under the name of daughter, as is well known, the Jews meant a people or city, but he here names the city from its principal part, namely, Sion.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain In the open assembly of the Church.
In the open assembly of the Church.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 9:14 That I may shew forth all thy…
Psa 9:14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Ver. 14. That I may show forth all thy praise] i.e. All that I can compass or attain unto. Aliter omnes laudes Dei diei non possunt, quia plures ignorat homo quam novit, saith R. David here; for all the praises of God cannot be shown forth, since those we know not are more than those we know.
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In the gates of the daughter of Zion] These are opposed to the gates of death, as Aben Ezra here noteth; and betoken the most public places, and best frequented.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain In the gates, i.e. in the great assemblies, which…
In the gates, i.e. in the great assemblies, which were usually in the gates. Compare Pro 31:31; Isa 3:26. These gates he elegantly opposeth to the former, and declareth that if he be brought off them, he will go into these.
Of the daughter of Zion; either,
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1. Of Jerusalem, so called also Isa 1:8; Zec 9:9, because at this time it was subject to Zion; which at this time was the seat of the king’s palace, and of the ark. For cities or towns belonging or subject unto any metropolis are commonly called its daughters, as Jos 15:45; 2Ch 13:19; Psa 48:11; as the chief cities are called mothers, as 2Sa 20:19; Gal 4:26. Or,
2. Of the people who live in, or belong to, or meet together for civil and religious matters in Zion. For cities are as it were mothers to their people, giving them birth and breeding, and therefore the people are commonly called their daughters. So the names of the daughters of Egypt, Jer 46:11, and of Edom, Lam 4:21,22, and of Tyre, Psa 45:12, and of Babel, Psa 137:8, and of Jerusalem, Lam 2:13,15; Mic 4:8, are put for the people of those places.
I will rejoice, to wit, with spiritual joy and thanksgiving; else it were no fit motive to be used to God in prayer.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The Heathen are sunk into the pit that they…
The Heathen are sunk into the pit that they made,.... The psalmist having determined to praise the Lord, and called upon others to join with him in it, here enters upon it: for, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra observe, this is "the praise" he was desirous to show forth, which is occasioned by the destruction of God's enemies, and the deliverance of his people: by "the Heathen" are meant not the Philistines, as Kimchi interprets it, who thought to cause Israel to fall, and fell themselves; but this is spoken prophetically of the nations of the earth, who have joined in the idolatry of antichrist, the Gentiles, by whom the holy city has been trodden under foot; even the several antichristian states, that will be destroyed by the pouring out of the seven vials, and especially the last, at the battle of Armageddon; and which will be brought on by themselves, with a design to destroy the whole kingdom and interest of Christ, but will issue in their utter ruin, which this phrase is expressive of; see Rev 18:3. The metaphor is taken from hunters, who dig pits for the wild beasts to fall into, that they may the more easily take them, into which they fall themselves; see Psa 7:15. Wicked men are mischievous and crafty, but sometimes they are taken in their own craftiness;
in the net which they laid is their own foot taken; which may signify the same thing as before, that the mischief they design for others falls upon themselves; only as the former phrase denotes their utter destruction like the sinking of a millstone in the sea, by which the irrecoverable ruin of Babylon is expressed, Rev 18:21; this may design the restraint and hinderance of them from doing the evil they would; their feet are entangled, that they cannot run to shed blood; and their hands are held, that they cannot perform their enterprise; and their wrath in restrained and made to praise the Lord. The metaphor is taken from fowlers, who lay nets and snares for birds, and cover them that they may not be seen, but fall into them unawares; see Psa 124:7.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Gates - In the great assemblies. These gates he…
Gates - In the great assemblies. These gates he elegantly opposes to the former. Of - Of the people who live or meet together in Zion. For cities are as it were mothers to their people, and the people are commonly called their daughters. So the names of the daughters of Egypt, Jer. xlvi, 11, and of Edom, Lam. iv, 21, 22, and of Tyre, chap. xlv, 12, are put for the people of those places.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain That I may show forth all thy praise -…
That I may show forth all thy praise - That I may praise time in the land of the living; that I may finish the work of praise by rendering to thee all that is due. The idea is, that the dead could not praise God, or that his praise could be uttered only by the living; and he calls on God, therefore, to interpose and save him, that he might yet worship and praise him on the earth. In this sentiment the psalmist utters only what man naturally feels when he looks upon the grave; that it is an end of human plans and pursuits; that it is a land of silence; that the worship of God is not there celebrated. Such language must be retarded as uttered under the impulse of natural feeling, and not as uttered by the deliberate judgment of the mind when calmly contemplating the whole subject. All pious persons baize these feelings at times, and it was proper that these feelings should be expressed in the sacred writings, as illustrating human nature even under the influence of religion. The same sentiment occurs in several places, as is, that he was apparently near to the gates of death, and that the only one who could raise him up was God, and he now invoked His interposition that it might be done. The phrase “gates of death” relates to the prevalent views about the unseen world - the world where the dead abide. That world was represented as beneath; as a dark and gloomy abode; as enclosed Psa 115:17, “The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.” See the notes at Psa 6:5. It is not necessary to say that the sacred writers had brighter views at times than these. But who can keep the mind always from desponding when it looks at the grave? Who can always help feeling that it is a place of darkness and gloom?
In the gates of the daughter of Zion - As contradistinguished from the “gates of death.” Gates in ancient cities were places of concourse, where important transactions were performed; and the “gates” of Jerusalem were regarded as attractive and sacred, because it was through them that the people passed on their way to worship God at the tabernacle or in the temple. Hence, it is said, Psa 87:2, “The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.” Psa 100:4, “enter into his gates with thanksgiving.” Compare Psa 118:19. The phrase, “daughter of Zion,” means Jerusalem. For the reason of this appellation see the notes at Isa 1:8. The language used here proves that the psalm was composed after Zion or Jerusalem was made the capital of the kingdom and the seat of public worship, and, therefore, that it cannot refer, as is supposed in the Aramaic Paraphrase, to the death of Goliath.
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I will rejoice in thy salvation - In the salvation which thou wilt bestow on me; here particularly, in delivering him from his dangers. The language, however, is general, and may be employed with reference to salvation of any kind.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain gates . . . Zion--The enclosure of the city…
gates . . . Zion--The enclosure of the city (compare Psa 48:12; Isa 23:12), or, church, as denoted by this phrase contrasted with that of death, carries out the idea of exaltation as well as deliverance. Signal favors should lead us to render signal and public thanks.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. in the gates] i.e. with the utmost publicity…
14. in the gates] i.e. with the utmost publicity (Psa_116:14); for the city gates were the common place of concourse and business, corresponding to the agora or forum of Greece and Rome. Cp. Job_29:7; Pro_8:3; Jer_17:19-20. The implied contrast between “the cheerful ways of men” and the gloomy entrance to the nether world is obvious.
Ports (P.B.V.) is an obsolete word for gates, from Lat. porta.
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the daughter of Zion] A poetical personification of the citizens or the city as an individual. Originally Zion was thought of as the mother, the citizens collectively as her daughter; but as terms for land and people are easily interchanged, the expression came to be applied to the city itself (Isa_1:8; Lam_2:15). ‘Daughter of Zion’ occurs nowhere else in the Psalter (see however ‘daughter of Tyre,’ Psa_45:12; ‘daughter of Babylon,’ Psa_137:8), but together with the cognate phrases ‘daughter of Jerusalem,’ ‘daughter of my people’ &c. frequently in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Micah, Zephaniah, Zechariah, and is specially characteristic of the Lamentations.
salvation] R.V. marg., saving help. See note on Psa_3:8.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain That I may show forth all thy praise in…
That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. The "daughter of Zion" is, of course, Jerusalem. Compare "daughter of Babylon", (Psa_137:8 Isa_47:1 Jer 1 Jer 42 Zec_2:7) "daughter of the Chaldeans", (Isa_47:1, Isa_47:5) "daughter of Edom", (Lam_4:21, Lam_4:22) "daughter of Gallim". (Isa_10:30) Hengstenberg is probably right in understanding "in the gates" as within the gates," since, as he observes, "God"s praise is not to be celebrated in the gates, amid the throng of worldly business, but in the temple." The references in the "Speaker"s Commentary" do not bear out the statement there made, that "public mournings and public thanksgivings were proclaimed in the gates." I will rejoice in thy salvation; or, that I may rejoice (Kay).
A song of thanksgiving for salvation.
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I SALVATION IS ASCRIBED TO GOD. All deliverances are of God. There may be human means and instruments. There may be judges and saviours, such as Joshua. (Neh_9:27) But behind all is God. This holds true of all deliverances national and individual of the body, and of the soul. More especially is this true of the deliverance from our enemies, and of our redemption by Jesus Christ.
II MANIFESTS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. God must act in agreement with his character. He cannot deny himself. Therefore in whatsoever deliverances God effects, we may be sure that his righteousness will shine resplendent. So it is of the salvation by Christ. (Rom_1:16, Rom_1:17) How vain to ask for help, if we are not willing to have it in God"s way! How foolish to expect deliverance, save in the form that will glorify God"s Name his righteousness as truly as his mercy, his justice as well as his love!
III FORESHADOWS THE FINAL JUDGMENT OF THE WORLD. Every judgment is a sign and pattern of the last judgment. There is no change with God. All through, and in everything he does, he has acted like himself. His Law will stand, His righteousness will be vindicated in the end as in the beginning. The cross of Christ itself prophesies of the just judgments of God. "If they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?". (Luk_23:31) God"s people may await with confidence the result.
IV CALLS FORTH THE HALLELUJAHS OF THE GOOD. There is the joy of trust (ver. 13); of gratitude (ver. 14), of hope (vers. 15-20). By faith we see the King in his beauty, and rejoice in his rejoicing. W.F.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 14. We must not overlook David's object in…
Ver. 14. We must not overlook David's object in desiring mercy, it is God's glory:
that I may show forth all thy praise. Saints are not so selfish as to look only to self; they desire mercy's diamond that they may let others see it flash and sparkle, and may admire Him who gives such priceless gems to his beloved. The contrast between the gates of death and the gates of the New Jerusalem is very striking; let our songs be excited to the highest and most rapturous pitch by the double consideration of whence we are taken, and to what we have been advanced, and let our prayers for mercy be made more energetic and agonizing by a sense of the grace which such a salvation implies. When David speaks of his showing forth all God's praise, he means that, in his deliverance grace in all its heights and depths would be magnified. Just as our hymn puts it:
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"O the length and breadth of love!
Jesus, Saviour, can it be? All thy mercy's height I prove,
All the depth is seen in me."
Here ends the first part of this instructive Psalm, and in pausing awhile we feel bound to confess that our exposition has only flitted over its surface and has not digged into the depths. The verses are singularly full of teaching, and if the Holy Spirit shall bless the reader, he may go over this Psalm, as the writer has done scores of times, and see on each occasion fresh beauties.
Ver. 14. That I may show forth all thy praise, etc. To show forth all God's praise is to enter largely into the work. An occasional "God, I thank thee, "is no fit return for a perpetual stream of rich benefits. William S. Plumer.
Ver. 14. I will rejoice in thy salvation. Especially because it is thine, O God, and therefore honours thee. In its freeness, fulness, suitability, certainty, everlastingness. Who can rejoice in this? Reasons why they should always do so.
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