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New King James Version

Psalms 40:16

Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let such as love Your salvation say continually, "The LORD be magnified!"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Joy;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Salvation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Poetry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Salvation Save Saviour;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Christ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Messiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Magnify;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;let those who love your salvation continually say,“The Lord is great!”
Hebrew Names Version
Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, "Let the LORD be exalted!"
King James Version
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
English Standard Version
But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, "Great is the Lord !"
New Century Version
But let those who follow you be happy and glad. They love you for saving them. May they always say, "Praise the Lord !"
New English Translation
May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May the Lord be praised!"
Amplified Bible
Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say continually, "The LORD be magnified!"
New American Standard Bible
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; May those who love Your salvation continually say, "The LORD be exalted!"
World English Bible
Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, "Let Yahweh be exalted!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Let all them, that seeke thee, reioyce and be glad in thee: and let them, that loue thy saluation, say alway, The Lord be praysed.
Legacy Standard Bible
Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;Let those who love Your salvation say continually,"Yahweh be magnified!"
Berean Standard Bible
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, "The LORD be magnified!"
Contemporary English Version
Our Lord , let your worshipers rejoice and be glad. They love you for saving them, so let them always say, "The Lord is wonderful!"
Complete Jewish Bible
May those who jeer at me, "Aha! Aha!" be aghast because of their shame.
Darby Translation
Let all those that seek thee be glad and rejoice in thee; let such as love thy salvation say continually, Jehovah be magnified!
Easy-to-Read Version
But may those who come to you be happy and rejoice. May those who love being saved by you always be able to say, "Praise the Lord !"
George Lamsa Translation
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
Good News Translation
May all who come to you be glad and joyful. May all who are thankful for your salvation always say, "How great is the Lord !"
Lexham English Bible
Let them rejoice and be glad in you, all those who seek you. Let them say continually, "Yahweh is great!" —those who love your salvation.
Literal Translation
Let all who are seeking You be glad in You and always say, May Jehovah be magnified, those loving Your salvation.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for me, I am poore & in mysery, but the LORDE careth for me.
American Standard Version
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: Let such as love thy salvation say continually, Jehovah be magnified.
Bible in Basic English
Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May the Lord be great.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Let them be appalled by reason of their shame that say unto me: 'Aha, aha.'
King James Version (1611)
Let all those that seeke thee, reioyce and bee glad in thee: let such as loue thy saluation, say continually, The Lord be magnified.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Let all those that seeke thee be glad and ioyfull in thee: and let such as loue thy saluation, say alway God be magnified.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Let all those that seek thee, O Lord, exult and rejoice in thee; and let them that love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
English Revised Version
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alle men that seken thee, be fulli ioyful, and be glad on thee; and seie thei, that louen thin helthe, The Lord be magnyfied euere.
Update Bible Version
Let all those that seek you rejoice and be glad in you: Let such as love your salvation say continually, Yahweh be magnified.
Webster's Bible Translation
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
New Living Translation
But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, "The Lord is great!"
New Life Bible
But let all who look for You have joy and be glad in You. Let those who love Your saving power always say, "The Lord be honored!"
New Revised Standard
But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, "Great is the Lord !"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Let all them be glad and rejoice in thee, who are seekers of thee. Let them say continually - Yahweh be magnified! who are lovers of thy salvation.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(39-17) Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified.
Revised Standard Version
But may all who seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; may those who love thy salvation say continually, "Great is the LORD!"
Young's Literal Translation
All seeking Thee rejoice and are glad in Thee, Those loving Thy salvation say continually, `Jehovah is magnified.'
THE MESSAGE
But all who are hunting for you— oh, let them sing and be happy. Let those who know what you're all about tell the world you're great and not quitting. And me? I'm a mess. I'm nothing and have nothing: make something of me. You can do it; you've got what it takes— but God, don't put it off.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say continually, "The Lord be magnified!"

Contextual Overview

11 Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O LORD; Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me. 12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; Therefore my heart fails me. 13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; O LORD, make haste to help me! 14 Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion Who seek to destroy my life; Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor Who wish me evil. 15 Let them be confounded because of their shame, Who say to me, "Aha, aha!" 16 Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let such as love Your salvation say continually, "The LORD be magnified!" 17 But I am poor and needy; Yet the LORD thinks upon me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all: Psalms 22:26, Psalms 35:27, Psalms 68:3, Psalms 105:3, Isaiah 65:13, Isaiah 65:14

love: Psalms 119:81, Psalms 119:111, Psalms 119:123, Psalms 119:166, Psalms 119:167, Matthew 13:45, Matthew 13:46, Philippians 3:7-9

say: Psalms 35:27, Luke 1:46, Luke 1:47, Acts 19:17

Reciprocal: Psalms 5:11 - But Psalms 34:3 - magnify Psalms 70:4 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 40:1
It came to pass after these things that the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt.
Genesis 40:2
And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief butler and the chief baker.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let all those that seek thee,.... In the first place, with their whole hearts, earnestly and diligently, in Christ, and under the influences of his Spirit, for pardon, righteousness, communion, larger measures of grace, and for honour, glory, immortality, and eternal life;

rejoice and be glad in thee: as their covenant God, the Father of their mercies, the God of all comfort and salvation, who pardons their sins, clothes them with the robes of righteousness and garments of salvation, and accepts their persons in Christ; all which is matter of joy and gladness: Christ is concerned for the joy of his people, John 15:11; the Targum is, "they shall", or "let them rejoice, and be glad in thy word": in himself, the essential Word, in whom there is always ground and reason of joy and gladness; because of his person, blood, righteousness, and sacrifice;

let such as love thy salvation; either Christ, who is God's salvation,

Genesis 49:18; and who is loved by his people, universally, superlatively, and sincerely; or the salvation of him, his deliverance from the grave, resurrection from the dead, and exaltation; the benefits of which believers share in, and so have reason to love it: or the salvation he is the author of, which is loved by those that know it; partly because agreeable to the divine perfections, the glory of God is great in it; and partly because it is so full and complete in itself, and so suitable to them;

say continually, the Lord be magnified; let this be their constant employment in this world, as it will be for ever in the next, to ascribe greatness to God; or greatly to praise him, because of the great salvation wrought out for them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let all those that seek thee - All those who desire to know thee; to understand thy ways; to be thy friends. The phrase is used to denote the truly pious, because it is a characteristic of all such that they truly desire to be acquainted with God, and to find the way which leads to his favor.

Rejoice and be glad in thee -

(1) By finding thee, or securing the object which they sought;

(2) in thee, as the source of all true comfort and joy.

The prayer is that all such may be successful in their efforts, while those who have no such aim may be disappointed, Psalms 40:14.

Let such as love thy salvation -

(a) Thy method of salvation, or the appointed way by which men may be saved; and

(b) the salvation itself - deliverance from the guilt and dominion of sin, and complete and eternal restoration to the favor of God.

Say continually, The Lord be magnified - See the notes at Psalms 35:27, where the same expression occurs.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 40:16. Let all those that seek thee - be glad — In making prayer and supplication to thee, let them ever find thee, that they may magnify thee for the blessings they receive.

Love thy salvation — Who earnestly desire to be saved from sin: saved in thy own way, and on thy own terms.

The Lord be magnified. — Let God be praised continually for the continual blessings he pours down.


 
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