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Psalms 35:28

And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness (justice), And Your praise all the day long.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Praise;   Testimony;   Thompson Chain Reference - Gratitude-Ingratitude;   Praise;   Unceasing Praise;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Praise;   Righteousness of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Tongue;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Justice;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And my tongue shall vtter thy righteousnesse, and thy praise euery day.
Christian Standard Bible®
And my tongue will proclaim your righteousness,your praise all day long.
Hebrew Names Version
My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.
Easy-to-Read Version
So, Lord, I will tell people how good you are. I will praise you all day long.
American Standard Version
And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness And of thy praise all the day long.
Contemporary English Version
Then I will shout all day, "Praise the Lord God! He did what was right."
Complete Jewish Bible
Then my tongue will tell of your righteousness and praise you all day long.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And my tongue shall speak of Thy righteousness, and of Thy praise all the day.
King James Version (1611)
And my tongue shall speake of thy righteousnesse, and of thy praise all the day long.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And my tongue shall meditate on thy righteousness, and on thy praise all the day.
English Revised Version
And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness, and of thy praise all the day long.
Berean Standard Bible
Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
Lexham English Bible
Then my tongue will proclaim your righteousness, and your praise all day.
Literal Translation
And my tongue will speak of Your righteousness and of Your praise all the day.
New Century Version
I will tell of your goodness and will praise you every day.
New English Translation
Then I will tell others about your justice, and praise you all day long.
New King James Version
And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness And of Your praise all the day long.
New Living Translation
Then I will proclaim your justice, and I will praise you all day long.
New Life Bible
And my tongue will tell about how right and good You are, and about Your praise all day long.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Mine own tongue also, shall softly utter thy righteousness, - All the day long, - thy praise!
Douay-Rheims Bible
(34-28) And my tongue shall meditate thy justice, thy praise all the day long.
George Lamsa Translation
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Good News Translation
Then I will proclaim your righteousness, and I will praise you all day long.
New American Standard Bible
And my tongue shall proclaim Your righteousness And Your praise all day long.
King James Version
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And my tongue shalbe talking of thy righteousnesse: and of thy prayse all the day long.
New Revised Standard
Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all day long.
Darby Translation
And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness, [and] of thy praise, all the day.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And my tunge schal bithenke thi riytfulnesse; al day thin heriyng.
Young's Literal Translation
And my tongue uttereth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy praise!
World English Bible
My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.
Revised Standard Version
Then my tongue shall tell of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Update Bible Version
And my tongue shall talk of your righteousness [And] of your praise all the day long.
Webster's Bible Translation
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness [and] of thy praise all the day long.
Bible in Basic English
And my tongue will be talking of your righteousness and of your praise all the day.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And as for my tonge, it shall be talkynge of thy rightuousnes and of thy prayse, all the daye longe.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness And Your praise all day long.
Legacy Standard Bible
And my tongue shall utter Your righteousnessAnd Your praise all day long.

Contextual Overview

17LORD, how long will You look on [without action]? Rescue my life from their destructions, My only life from the young lions. 18I will give You thanks in the great congregation; I will praise You among a mighty people. 19Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me; Nor let those who hate me without cause wink their eye [maliciously]. 20For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful words [half-truths and lies] against those who are quiet in the land. 21They open their mouths wide against me; They say, "Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!" 22You have seen this, O LORD; do not keep silent. O Lord, do not be far from me. 23Wake Yourself up, and arise to my right And to my cause, my God and my Lord. 24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to Your righteousness and justice; And do not let them rejoice over me. 25Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha, that is what we wanted!" Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up and destroyed him." 26Let those be ashamed and humiliated together who rejoice at my distress; Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 34:1, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 51:14, Psalms 51:15, Psalms 71:24, Psalms 104:33, Psalms 104:34, Psalms 145:1, Psalms 145:2, Psalms 145:5, Psalms 145:21

Reciprocal: Psalms 7:17 - according Psalms 71:8 - General Psalms 71:15 - all the day James 3:9 - Therewith

Cross-References

Genesis 25:7
The days of Abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five years.
Genesis 47:28
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the length of Jacob's life was a hundred and forty-seven years.
Genesis 50:26
So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness,.... In vindicating his cause, and bringing his enemies to shame and confusion, as well as of the glory and excellency of that righteousness of his, by which he was justified in his sight, and from whence his inward peace and prosperity flowed:

[and] of thy praise all the day long; for the many mercies, temporal and spiritual, he was every day favoured with.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness - That is, I will praise thee as a righteous God.

And of thy praise - Of that which is a ground or reason for praise. I will speak continually of that in God and in his doings which make it proper that he should be praised.

All the day long - Continually; constantly. Every new proof of the kindness of God to him would lead to new acts of praise; and his life, as ours should be, would be a continual expression of thanksgiving.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 35:28. And my tongue shall speak — I, who am chiefly concerned, and who have received most, am under the greatest obligation; and it will require the constant gratitude and obedience of my whole life to discharge the mighty debt I owe.

ANALYSIS OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH PSALM

This Psalm may be divided into three parts: - I. A prayer for defence against his enemies. In which he prays, 1. For protection, Psalms 35:1-3; Psalms 35:17; Psalms 35:19; Psalms 35:22-25. And, 2. Imprecates evil to fall on their counsels and designs.

II. A bitter complaint against the malice of his enemies, which he pours out into the ears of God as motives to plead his cause, Psalms 35:7; Psalms 35:11-16; Psalms 35:19-21.

III. An expression of his trust and confidence in God for help and deliverance; his joy in it, Psalms 35:9; Psalms 35:10; his thanks for it, Psalms 35:18; Psalms 35:28; and a motive to others to do the like, Psalms 35:27.

1. In the courts of men and princes, innocent persons are often oppressed by false accusations and calumnies, persecuted and overborne by power.

He then, first, prays to God to be his Advocate, his Patron, and his Protector: 1. "Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive against me." 2. "Fight against them that fight against me," c. 3. "Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation." Assure me of thy favour.

He secondly, begins an imprecation against his enemies: 1. "Let them be confounded and put to shame," Psalms 35:4. 2. "Let them be as chaff before the wind," Psalms 35:5. 3. "Let their way be dark and slippery," Psalms 35:6. 4. "Let destruction come upon him unawares," Psalms 35:8.

And here he inserts some reasons for his petition and imprecation: -

1. From the justice of his cause, and their injustice: "Without cause they hid for me their net," Psalms 35:7.

2. From his gratitude that, being delivered, he would be thankful: "And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord," c., Psalms 35:9; Psalms 35:10.

3. From his enemies' dealings with him, Psalms 35:11-17.

II. He then enters upon his complaint and lays to their charge,

1. Perfidiousness, extreme malice, and perjury: "False witnesses did rise," c.

2. Ingratitude. They rewarded me evil for good. Good he did to them for, when they were afflicted, he fasted and prayed for them.

3. They were cruel to him: "In my adversity they rejoiced."

4. They mocked him and made him their cruel sport: "The abjects gathered themselves together against me," c.

5. And a conspiracy in all, Psalms 35:20-21.

Then he returns again to his petition and expostulates with God, wondering that he should be so patient with them: "Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from destruction," c.

And, to move God the sooner to do it, he repeats his former reason, Psalms 35:9, engaging himself to be thankful: "I will give thee thanks in the great congregation I will praise thee among much people."

He continues his suit to the end of the Psalm; sometimes praying, at others imprecating.

1. He deprecates: "Let not my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me, neither let them wink with the eye," c. And that God may be the readier to hear him, and stay their joy and triumph, he subjoins these reasons: 1. "For they speak not peace." 2. "They devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land." 3. They are impudent, lying people: "Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me," c. This is a truth this is not hidden from thee: "This thou hast seen," and from them to thee I turn my eyes and thus renew my prayer: -

1. "Keep not silence." Do not appear to neglect my cause; nor to let them pass on with impunity.

2. "Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment," c. Defend me, and confound them: -

3. "Judge me according to thy righteousness," which suffers not the just to be always oppressed.

4. "Let them not rejoice over me," and, in me, over the truth, and over a just cause.

5. "Let them not say in their hearts, So would we have it," c.

6. But rather let that befall them which I have prayed for: "Let them be ashamed, - brought to confusion, - and clothed with shame and dishonour, that magnify themselves against me."

III. In the conclusion he expresses his trust and confidence in God and intimates that if he be heard, then he, and the whole Church, and all good men, will rejoice together.

1. To them he first directs his speech: "Let them shout for joy that favour my righteous cause yea, let them say continually; Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant."

2. He then declares what effect this will have upon him in particular: "My tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long."


 
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