Psalms 34:3

Amplified Bible

O magnify the LORD with me, And let us lift up His name together.

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Come, let us tell of the Lord 's greatness; let us exalt his name together.

English Revised Version
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Update Bible Version
Oh magnify Yahweh with me, And let us exalt his name together.

New Century Version
Glorify the Lord with me, and let us praise his name together.

New English Translation
Magnify the Lord with me! Let's praise his name together!

Webster's Bible Translation
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

World English Bible
Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name together.

English Standard Version
Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together!

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Magnyfie ye the Lord with me; and enhaunse we his name into it silf.

Berean Standard Bible
Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.

Contemporary English Version
Honor the Lord with me! Celebrate his great name.

American Standard Version
Oh magnify Jehovah with me, And let us exalt his name together.

Bible in Basic English
O give praise to the Lord with me; let us be witnesses together of his great name.

Complete Jewish Bible
When I boast, it will be about Adonai ; the humble will hear of it and be glad.

Darby Translation
Magnify Jehovah with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Easy-to-Read Version
Praise the Lord with me. Let us honor his name.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
My soul shall glory in the LORD; the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

King James Version (1611)
O magnifie the Lord with me, and let vs exalt his name together.

New Life Bible
Give great honor to the Lord with me. Let us praise His name together.

New Revised Standard
O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Praise ye the Lord with me, and let vs magnifie his Name together.

George Lamsa Translation
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Good News Translation
Proclaim with me the Lord 's greatness; let us praise his name together!

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Ascribe ye greatness unto Yahweh with me, and let us exalt his Name together.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(33-4) O magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name together.

Revised Standard Version
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Magnifie God with me: and let vs exalt his name [all] together.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Magnify ye the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Christian Standard Bible®
Proclaim the Lord’s greatness with me;let us exalt his name together.

Hebrew Names Version
Oh magnify the LORD with me. Let us exalt his name together.

King James Version
O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Lexham English Bible
Magnify Yahweh with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Literal Translation
O magnify Jehovah with me; and let us exalt His name together.

Young's Literal Translation
Ascribe ye greatness to Jehovah with me, And we exalt His name together.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O prayse ye LORDE with me, and let vs magnifie his name together.

THE MESSAGE
Join me in spreading the news; together let's get the word out.

New American Standard Bible
Exalt the LORD with me, And let's exalt His name together.

New King James Version
Oh, magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
O magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.

Legacy Standard Bible
O magnify Yahweh with me,And let us exalt His name together.

Contextual Overview

¹I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. ²My soul makes its boast in the LORD; The humble and downtrodden will hear it and rejoice. ³O magnify the LORD with me, And let us lift up His name together.⁴I sought the LORD [on the authority of His word], and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. ⁵They looked to Him and were radiant; Their faces will never blush in shame or confusion. ⁶This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him And saved him from all his troubles. ⁷The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him [with awe-inspired reverence and worship Him with obedience], And He rescues [each of] them. ⁸O taste and see that the LORD [our God] is good; How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who takes refuge in Him. ⁹O [reverently] fear the LORD, you His saints (believers, holy ones); For to those who fear Him there is no want. ¹⁰The young lions lack [food] and grow hungry, But they who seek the LORD will not lack any good thing.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

magnify: Psalms 35:27, Psalms 40:16, Psalms 69:30, Luke 1:46, Acts 19:17, Philippians 1:20

let us: Psalms 33:1, Psalms 33:2, Psalms 66:8, Psalms 103:20-22, Psalms 148:1-14, 1 Chronicles 29:20, 2 Chronicles 29:30, Revelation 14:7, Revelation 19:5, Revelation 19:6

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:2 - exalt him Job 36:24 - magnify Psalms 23:3 - leadeth Psalms 30:1 - extol Psalms 50:15 - deliver Psalms 66:17 - I cried Psalms 95:1 - Come Psalms 99:5 - Exalt Psalms 107:8 - praise Psalms 116:1 - because Isaiah 12:4 - his name

Cross-References

Ruth 1:14
Then they wept aloud again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law [goodbye], but Ruth clung to her.

1 Samuel 18:1
When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bonded to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

2 Samuel 19:7
"So now stand up, go out and speak kindly and encouragingly to your servants; for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will stay with you tonight. And this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now."

2 Chronicles 30:22
Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good understanding in the things of the LORD. So the people ate for the appointed seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD God of their fathers.

Isaiah 40:2
"Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, And call out to her, that her time of compulsory service in warfare is finished, That her wickedness has been taken away [since her punishment is sufficient], That she has received from the LORD'S hand Double [punishment] for all her sins."

Hosea 2:14
"Therefore, behold, I will allure Israel And bring her into the wilderness, And I will speak tenderly to her [to reconcile her to Me].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

O magnify the Lord with me,.... The psalmist invites the humble ones, who he knew would rejoice at the goodness of God to him, to join with him in ascribing greatness to the Lord, which is meant by magnifying him; for he cannot be made great by men, only declared how great he is, and that can only be done in an imperfect manner;

and let us exalt his name together: by proclaiming him to be the most High; by making mention of his glorious perfections and works, that he be exalted; and by praising him in the highest strains; or by having the high praises of him in their mouths; and there is more pleasure as well as more glory brought to God by doing this in a social way, or by a number of saints joining together in such service.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O magnify the Lord with me - This seems to be addressed primarily to the “humble,” those referred to in the previous verse. As they could appreciate what he would say, as they could understand the nature of his feelings in view of his deliverance, he calls upon them especially to exult with him in the goodness of God. As he and they had common calamities and trials, so might they have common joys; as they were united in danger and sorrow, so it was proper that they should be united in joy and in praise. The word “magnify’ means literally “to make great,” and then, to make great in the view of the mind, or to regard and treat as great. The idea is, that he wished all, in circumstances similar to those in which he had been placed, to have a just sense of the greatness of God, and of his claims to love and praise. Compare Psalms 35:27; Psalms 40:17; Psalms 69:30; Psalms 70:4; Luke 1:46.

And let us exalt his name together - Let us unite in “lifting up” his name; that is, in raising it above all other things in our own estimation, and in the view of our fellow-men; in so making it known that it shall rise above every other object, that all may see and adore.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 34:3. Magnify the Lord with me — גדלו ליהוה gaddelu lavhovah, "make greatness to Jehovah;" show his greatness; and let "us exalt his name," let us show how high and glorious it is.