Psalms 33:1

THE MESSAGE

Good people, cheer God ! Right-living people sound best when praising. Use guitars to reinforce your Hallelujahs! Play his praise on a grand piano! Invent your own new song to him; give him a trumpet fanfare.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones;praise from the upright is beautiful.

Hebrew Names Version
Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.

King James Version
Rejoice in the Lord , O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

English Standard Version
Shout for joy in the Lord , O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.

New Century Version
Sing to the Lord , you who do what is right; honest people should praise him.

New English Translation
You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord ! It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise.

Amplified Bible
Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones; Praise is becoming and appropriate for those who are upright [in heart—those with moral integrity and godly character].

New American Standard Bible
Sing for joy in the LORD, you righteous ones; Praise is becoming to the upright.

World English Bible
Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Reioyce in the Lord, O ye righteous: for it becommeth vpright men to be thankefull.

Legacy Standard Bible
Sing for joy in Yahweh, O righteous ones;Praise is becoming to the upright.

Berean Standard Bible
Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright tp praise Him.

Contemporary English Version
You are the Lord 's people. Obey him and celebrate! He deserves your praise.

Complete Jewish Bible
Rejoice in Adonai , you righteous! Praise is well-suited to the upright.

Darby Translation
Exult, ye righteous, in Jehovah: praise is comely for the upright.

Easy-to-Read Version
Rejoice in the Lord , good people! It is only right for good people to praise him.

George Lamsa Translation
REJOICE in the LORD, O you righteous; for praise is comely for the upright.

Good News Translation
All you that are righteous, shout for joy for what the Lord has done; praise him, all you that obey him.

Lexham English Bible
Exult in Yahweh, O you righteous, for praise is fitting for the upright.

Literal Translation
Rejoice in Jehovah, O righteous ones ; praise is becoming to the upright.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Reioyse in ye LORDE (o ye rightuous) for it becommeth well the iust to be thankfull.

American Standard Version
Rejoice in Jehovah, O ye righteous: Praise is comely for the upright.

Bible in Basic English
Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous, praise is comely for the upright.

King James Version (1611)
Reioyce in the Lord, O yee righteous: for prayse is comely for the vpright.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Reioyce in God O ye righteous: for prayse becommeth well the iust.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; praise becomes the upright.

English Revised Version
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: praise is comely for the upright.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The two and threttithe salm hath no title. Ye iust men, haue fulli ioye in the Lord; presyng togidere bicometh riytful men.

Update Bible Version
Rejoice in Yahweh, O you righteous: Praise is comely for the upright.

Webster's Bible Translation
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: [for] praise is comely for the upright.

New King James Version
Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful.

New Living Translation
Let the godly sing for joy to the Lord ; it is fitting for the pure to praise him.

New Life Bible
Sing for joy in the Lord, you who are right with Him. It is right for the pure in heart to praise Him.

New Revised Standard
Rejoice in the Lord , O you righteous. Praise befits the upright.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Shout for joy, ye righteous, in Yahweh, To the upright, seemly is praise.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(32-1) <A psalm for David.> Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh the upright.

Revised Standard Version
Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.

Young's Literal Translation
Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise [is] comely.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Sing for joy in the Lord , O you righteous ones; Praise is becoming to the upright.

Contextual Overview

¹Good people, cheer God ! Right-living people sound best when praising. Use guitars to reinforce your Hallelujahs! Play his praise on a grand piano! Invent your own new song to him; give him a trumpet fanfare. ⁴For God 's Word is solid to the core; everything he makes is sound inside and out. He loves it when everything fits, when his world is in plumb-line true. Earth is drenched in God 's affectionate satisfaction. ⁶The skies were made by God 's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out. He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg. ⁸Earth-creatures, bow before God ; world-dwellers—down on your knees! Here's why: he spoke and there it was, in place the moment he said so. ¹⁰ God takes the wind out of Babel pretense, he shoots down the world's power-schemes. God 's plan for the world stands up, all his designs are made to last. Blessed is the country with God for God; blessed are the people he's put in his will.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Rejoice: Psalms 32:11, Psalms 97:12, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 1 Corinthians 1:31, Philippians 4:4

ye righteous: Psalms 118:15, Romans 3:10, Romans 5:19

praise: Psalms 50:14-16, Psalms 78:36, Psalms 78:37, Psalms 135:3, Psalms 147:1, Proverbs 15:8

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 7:10 - glad 2 Chronicles 29:30 - they sang Psalms 9:11 - Sing Psalms 30:4 - Sing Psalms 34:3 - let us Psalms 64:10 - righteous Psalms 68:3 - But Psalms 81:1 - make Psalms 92:1 - good Psalms 113:1 - O Psalms 135:1 - Praise ye the Lord Psalms 140:13 - Surely Joel 2:23 - rejoice Habakkuk 3:18 - I will rejoice Luke 2:28 - and Romans 5:11 - but we Ephesians 5:4 - but Philippians 3:1 - rejoice

Cross-References

Genesis 33:6
Then the maidservants came up with their children and bowed; then Leah and her children, also bowing; and finally, Joseph and Rachel came up and bowed to Esau.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous,....

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[for] praise is comely for the upright; it becomes them; it is their duty; they are bound unto it by the mercies and favours they have received; should they not give praise to God, the stones of the wall would cry out, and rebuke them for their ingratitude: it is beautiful, and looks lovely in them; it is an ornament to them, and is, in the sight of God, of great esteem: it is very acceptable to him, and when grace is in exercise, and their hearts in tune, being sensibly touched and impressed with the goodness of God, it is desirable by them, and is pleasant and delightful to them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous - This is the sentiment with which the preceding psalm closes. See the notes at Psalms 32:11.

For praise is comely for the upright - Is befitting, suitable, proper. That is, the upright - the righteous - have abundant cause for praise, and it is for them a suitable employment, or one which becomes them. A man who is upright, or who is a righteous man, has in this very fact much which lays a foundation for praise, for the fact that he has such a character is to be traced to the grace of God, and this in itself is a more valuable possession than gold or kingly crowns would he. That he is not an open violator of the law of God; that he is not intemperate; that he is not the victim of raging lusts and passions; that he is not a dishonest man; that he is not profane; that he is not an infidel or a scoffer; that he is a pious man - a redeemed man - a man of good character - an heir of heaven - is the highest blessing that could be conferred on him; and he who has been saved from outbreaking transgression and crime in a world like this, and has been enabled to live an upright life, has eminently occasion to praise and bless God. Assuredly for such a man praise is an appropriate employment, for such a man it is “comely.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

PSALM XXXIII

The Lord is praised for his works of creation, 1-9;

and for the stability of his own counsels, 10, 11.

The blessedness of the people who have the knowledge of the

true God, his grace, and providence, 12-15.

The vanity of all earthly dependence, 16, 17.

The happiness of them that fear God, and trust in his mercy,

18-22.

NOTES ON PSALM XXXIII

This Psalm has no title in the Hebrew and it was probably written on no particular occasion, but was intended as a hymn of praise in order to celebrate the power, wisdom, and mercy of God. Creation and providence are its principal subjects; and these lead the psalmist to glance at different parts of the ancient Jewish history. In eight of Kennicott's MSS., this Psalm is written as a part of the preceding.

Verse Psalms 33:1. Rejoice in the Lord — It is very likely that the last verse of the preceding Psalm was formerly the first verse of this. As this Psalm has no title, the verse was the more easily separated. In the preceding Psalm we have an account of the happiness of the justified man: in this, such are taught how to glorify God, and to praise him for the great things he had done for them.

Praise is comely for the upright. — It is right they should give thanks to Him, who is the fountain whence they have received all the good they possess and thankfulness becomes the lips of the upright.