KJV King James Version
O LORD, thou [art] my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful [things; thy] counsels of old [are] faithfulness [and] truth.
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Isaiah 25:1
O LORD, thou [art] my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful [things; thy] counsels of old [are] faithfulness [and] truth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.
ASV American Standard Version
O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
O Jehovah, my God art Thou, I exalt Thee, I confess Thy name, For Thou hast done a wonderful thing, Counsels of old, stedfastness, O stedfast One.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 25
1 O LORD, thou [art] my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful [things; thy] counsels of old [are] faithfulness [and] truth.
2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; [of] a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones [is] as a storm [against] the wall.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
יְהוָ֤הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהַי֙H430 · e.lo.himGodאַתָּ֔הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)אֲרֽוֹמִמְךָ֙H7311 · rumto exaltאוֹדֶ֣הH3034 · ya.dahto give thanksשִׁמְךָ֔H8034 · shemnameכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforעָשִׂ֖יתָH6213 · a.sahto make: doפֶּ֑לֶאH6382 · pe.lewonderעֵצ֥וֹתH6098 · e.tsahcounselמֵֽרָח֖וֹקH7350 · ra.choqdistantאֱמ֥וּנָהH530 · e.mu.nahfaithfulnessאֹֽמֶן׃H544 · o.menfaithfulness
Cross-references
Exodus 15:2The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.Psalm 118:28Thou [art] my God, and I will praise thee: [thou art] my God, I will exalt thee.Numbers 23:19God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?Psalm 98:1A Psalm. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.Psalm 40:5Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels.Isaiah 28:29This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, [which] is wonderful in counsel, [and] excellent in working.Ephesians 1:11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:Psalm 46:10Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.Isaiah 46:10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:Psalm 33:10-11The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.Revelation 19:11And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.1 Chronicles 29:10-20Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed [be] thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.Revelation 5:9-14And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;Psalm 146:2While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.Psalm 99:5Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; [for] he [is] holy.Hebrews 6:17-18Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:Psalm 78:4We will not hide [them] from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
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