Psalm 97:12
New International Version
Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.

New Living Translation
May all who are godly rejoice in the LORD and praise his holy name!

English Standard Version
Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!

Berean Standard Bible
Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.

King James Bible
Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

New King James Version
Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

New American Standard Bible
Be joyful in the LORD, you righteous ones, And praise the mention of His holy name.

NASB 1995
Be glad in the LORD, you righteous ones, And give thanks to His holy name.

NASB 1977
Be glad in the LORD, you righteous ones; And give thanks to His holy name.

Legacy Standard Bible
Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous ones, And give thanks for the remembrance of His holy name.

Amplified Bible
Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones [those whose moral and spiritual integrity places them in right standing with God], And praise and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

Christian Standard Bible
Be glad in the LORD, you righteous ones, and give thanks to his holy name.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.

American Standard Version
Be glad in Jehovah, ye righteous; And give thanks to his holy memorial name.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Rejoice, righteous ones, in LORD JEHOVAH, and give thanks for the remembrance of his Holiness!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness.

Contemporary English Version
You are the LORD's people! So celebrate and praise the only God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord: and give praise to the remembrance of his holiness.

English Revised Version
Be glad in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks to his holy name.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Find joy in the LORD, you righteous people. Give thanks to him as you remember how holy he is.

Good News Translation
All you that are righteous be glad because of what the LORD has done! Remember what the holy God has done, and give thanks to him.

International Standard Version
Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones! Give thanks at the mention of his holiness!

JPS Tanakh 1917
Be glad in the LORD, ye righteous; And give thanks to His holy name.

Literal Standard Version
Rejoice, you righteous, in YHWH, | And give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness!

Majority Standard Bible
Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.

New American Bible
Rejoice in the LORD, you just, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

NET Bible
You godly ones, rejoice in the LORD! Give thanks to his holy name.

New Revised Standard Version
Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!

New Heart English Bible
Be glad in the LORD, you righteous people. Give thanks to his holy Name.

Webster's Bible Translation
Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

World English Bible
Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.

Young's Literal Translation
Rejoice, ye righteous, in Jehovah, And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness!

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Context
Let the Earth Rejoice
11Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart. 12Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.

Cross References
Exodus 3:15
God also told Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers--the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob--has sent me to you.' This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

Psalm 4:7
You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.

Psalm 30:4
Sing to the LORD, O you His saints, and praise His holy name.

Psalm 32:11
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

Psalm 68:3
But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.

Psalm 140:13
Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.


Treasury of Scripture

Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

rejoice

Psalm 32:11
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Psalm 33:1
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

Habakkuk 3:17,18
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: …

give thanks

Psalm 30:4
Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Psalm 60:6
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

Habakkuk 1:12,13
Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction…

at the remembrance.

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Psalm 97
1. The majesty of God's kingdom
7. The church rejoices at God's judgments upon idolaters
10. An exhortation to godliness and gladness














Verse 12. - Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous. Such being the blessedness of the righteous, they are finally exhorted to "rejoice in the Lord," i.e. to show forth their gratitude to God in psalms and hymns of joy (comp. Psalm 32:11; Psalm 33:1-3), and to give thanks to him at the remembrance of his holiness; or rather, to give thanks to his holy memorial, which is the same as giving thanks to his Name (comp. Psalm 30:4, and the comment ad loc.).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Rejoice
שִׂמְח֣וּ (śim·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 8055: To brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome

in the LORD,
בַּֽיהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

you righteous ones,
צַ֭דִּיקִים (ṣad·dî·qîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 6662: Just, righteous

and praise
וְ֝הוֹד֗וּ (wə·hō·w·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 3034: To throw, at, away, to revere, worship, to bemoan

His holy
קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃ (qā·ḏə·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

name.
לְזֵ֣כֶר (lə·zê·ḵer)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2143: A memento, recollection, commemoration


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