Psalms 132:9

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“May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.”

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BSBPD

“May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; And let thy saints shout for joy.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thy priests do put on righteousness, And Thy pious ones cry aloud.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 132:9 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 5:31So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
  2. 2 Chronicles 6:41Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.
  3. Ezra 3:11And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
  4. Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
  5. Psalms 35:26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
  6. Psalms 47:1Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.
  7. Psalms 68:3But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.
  8. Psalms 70:4May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”
  9. Psalms 93:1The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
  10. Psalms 104:1Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
  11. Psalms 132:16I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.
  12. Psalms 149:5Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
  13. Isaiah 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
  14. Isaiah 65:14My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.
  15. Zephaniah 3:14Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!
  16. Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem!See, your King comes to you,righteous and victorious,humble and riding on a donkey,on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
  17. Romans 13:14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
  18. 1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
  19. Revelation 19:8She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.

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