Psalms 7:17

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“I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.”

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BSBPD

“I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I thank Jehovah, According to His righteousness, And praise the name of Jehovah Most High!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 7:17 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 9:24in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
  2. Judges 9:57And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
  3. 2 Samuel 3:29May it whirl over the heads of Joab and the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”
  4. 1 Kings 2:32The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
  5. Esther 9:25But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
  6. Psalms 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
  7. Psalms 35:28Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
  8. Psalms 51:14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
  9. Psalms 71:15My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
  10. Psalms 92:1It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
  11. Psalms 92:8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!
  12. Psalms 98:2The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
  13. Psalms 111:3Splendid and majestic is His work; His righteousness endures forever.
  14. Psalms 140:10May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.
  15. Psalms 145:7They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
  16. Daniel 4:17This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’
  17. Daniel 4:25You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.
  18. Daniel 4:34But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
  19. Acts 7:48However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

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