Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

O the happiness of those inhabiting Thy house, Yet do they praise Thee. Selah.

New American Standard Bible

How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are ever praising You. Selah.

King James Version

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

Holman Bible

How happy are those who reside in Your house,
who praise You continually.Selah

International Standard Version

How happy are those who live in your Temple, for they can praise you continuously. Interlude

A Conservative Version

Blessed are those who dwell in thy house. They will still be praising thee. Selah.

American Standard Version

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. Selah

Amplified


Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence;
They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.

Bible in Basic English

Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.)

Darby Translation

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be constantly praising thee. Selah.

Julia Smith Translation

Happy they dwelling in thy house; they shall yet praise thee. Silence.

King James 2000

Blessed are they that dwell in your house: they will be still praising you. Selah.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Blessed [are] those who dwell in your house; they can ever praise you. Selah

Modern King James verseion

Blessed are they who dwell in Your house; they will still praise You. Selah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be always praising thee. Selah.

NET Bible

How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually! (Selah)

New Heart English Bible

Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are ever praising you. Selah.

The Emphasized Bible

How happy are they who abide in thy house, - Still are they praising thee. Selah.

Webster

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

World English Bible

Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Longing For God's House

3 (Even a sparrow hath found a house, And a swallow a nest for herself, Where she hath placed her brood,) Thine altars, O Jehovah of Hosts, My king and my God. 4 O the happiness of those inhabiting Thy house, Yet do they praise Thee. Selah. 5 O the happiness of a man whose strength is in Thee, Highways are in their heart.

Cross References

Psalm 65:4

O the happiness of him whom Thou choosest, And drawest near, he inhabiteth Thy courts, We are satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, Thy holy temple.

Psalm 23:6

Only -- goodness and kindness pursue me, All the days of my life, And my dwelling is in the house of Jehovah, For a length of days!

Psalm 27:4

One thing I asked of Jehovah -- it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple.

Psalm 42:5

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance -- My God!

Psalm 42:11

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

Psalm 71:8

Filled is my mouth with Thy praise, All the day with Thy beauty.

Psalm 145:1-2

Praise by David. I exalt Thee, my God, O king, And bless Thy name to the age and for ever.

Psalm 71:15

My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers.

Psalm 134:1-3

A Song of the Ascents. Lo, bless Jehovah, all servants of Jehovah, Who are standing in the house of Jehovah by night.

Psalm 145:21

The praise of Jehovah my mouth speaketh, And all flesh doth bless His holy name, To the age and for ever!

Isaiah 12:4-5

And ye have said in that day, Give ye praise to Jehovah, call in His name. Make known among the peoples His acts. Make mention that set on high is His name.

Revelation 7:15

because of this are they before the throne of God, and they do service to Him day and night in His sanctuary, and He who is sitting upon the throne shall tabernacle over them;

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