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Psa. 33:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Rejoicet in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

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Psa. 97:12• ¹²Rejoice in Jehovah, ye righteous; and give thanks in remembrance of his holiness. (Psa. 97:12)

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Phil. 4:4• ⁴Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice. (Phil. 4:4)

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1-5: God is to be praised for his goodness;

6-11: for his power;

12-19: and for his providence.

20-22: Confidence is to be placed in God.

Rejoice.

Psa. 32:11• ¹¹Rejoice in Jehovah, and be glad, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye upright in heart. (Psa. 32:11)

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Psa. 97:12• ¹²Rejoice in Jehovah, ye righteous; and give thanks in remembrance of his holiness. (Psa. 97:12)

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1 Cor. 1:30‑31• ³⁰But of him are *ye* in Christ Jesus, who has been made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and holiness, and redemption;
³¹that according as it is written, He that boasts, let him boast in the Lord. (1 Cor. 1:30‑31)

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Phil. 4:4• ⁴Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice. (Phil. 4:4)

ye righteous.

Psa. 118:15• ¹⁵The voice of triumph and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: the right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly; (Psa. 118:15)

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Rom. 3:10• ¹⁰according as it is written, There is not a righteous man, not even one; (Rom. 3:10)

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Rom. 5:19• ¹⁹For as indeed by the disobedience of the one man the many have been constituted sinners, so also by the obedience of the one the many will be constituted righteous. (Rom. 5:19)

praise.

Psa. 50:14‑16• ¹⁴Offer unto God thanksgiving, and perform thy vows unto the Most High;
¹⁵And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
¹⁶But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth, (Psa. 50:14‑16)

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Psa. 78:36‑37• ³⁶But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;
³⁷For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. (Psa. 78:36‑37)

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Psa. 135:3• ³Praise ye Jah; for Jehovah is good: sing psalms unto his name; for it is pleasant. (Psa. 135:3)

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Psa. 147:1• ¹Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely. (Psa. 147:1)

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Prov. 15:8• ⁸The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; but the prayer of the upright is his delight. (Prov. 15:8)

• Book 1, Series 5. The millennium. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)

• All the psalms to the end of 39. unfold the moral state of the Jewish remnant in the last days. I say the moral state, more than their condition under oppression, and the thought of forgiveness gives in general a brighter tint to the coloring of them. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 33-36” by J.N. Darby)

• The psalm celebrates the full deliverance of Israel from every enemy, and makes manifest that this deliverance will not be brought about by the counsels of man, by victorious hosts, or human strength, but by the Lord Himself. (“Psalms 33” by H. Smith)

• Consequent upon realizing the blessedness of sins forgiven (Ps. 32), the remnant respond to the exhortation to rejoice in the Lord given at the end of the previous psalm. They praise Him as their Creator and Redeemer in a “new song” (vs. 1-5). (“Book 1.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Exult, ye righteous, in Jehovah: praise is comely for the upright.