Psalms 32:11--33:1

32:11 Rejoice in the Lord and be happy, you who are godly!

Shout for joy, all you who are morally upright! ¹ 

Psalm 33 ² 

33:1 You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord!

It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise.

Psalms 95:1-2

Psalm 95 ³ 

95:1 Come! Let’s sing for joy to the Lord!

Let’s shout out praises to our protector who delivers us! ⁴ 

95:2 Let’s enter his presence ⁵  with thanksgiving!

Let’s shout out to him in celebration! ⁶ 

Psalms 95:6

95:6 Come! Let’s bow down and worship! ⁷ 

Let’s kneel before the Lord, our creator!

Psalms 100:1-2

Psalm 100 ⁸ 

A thanksgiving psalm.

100:1 Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth!

100:2 Worship ⁹  the Lord with joy!

Enter his presence with joyful singing!

Psalms 149:2

149:2 Let Israel rejoice in their Creator!

Let the people ¹⁰  of Zion delight in their king! ¹¹ 

Philippians 4:4

4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice!

[32:11]  ¹ tn Heb “all [you] pure of heart.” The “heart” is here viewed as the seat of one’s moral character and motives. The “pure of heart” are God’s faithful followers who trust in and love the Lord and, as a result, experience his deliverance (see Pss 7:10; 11:2; 36:10; 64:10; 94:15; 97:11).

[33:1]  ² sn Psalm 33. In this hymn the psalmist praises the Lord as the sovereign creator and just ruler of the world who protects and vindicates those who fear him.

[95:1]  ³ sn Psalm 95. The psalmist summons Israel to praise God as the creator of the world and the nation’s protector, but he also reminds the people not to rebel against God.

[95:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “to the rocky summit of our deliverance.”

[95:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “meet his face.”

[95:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “with songs of joy.”

[95:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “kneel down.”

[100:1]  ⁸ sn Psalm 100. The psalmist celebrates the fact that Israel has a special relationship to God and summons worshipers to praise the Lord for his faithfulness.

[100:2]  ⁹ tn Or “serve.”

[149:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “sons.”

[149:2]  ¹¹ sn The Lord is the king here, as the parallelism in the previous line (“their creator”) indicates.