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Psalm 89:16
In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
15Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
16In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
17For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.
18For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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“All day” stretches rejoicing beyond a single moment of worship, while the second line locates the people’s exaltation in God’s righteousness.
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Philippians 3:9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from …Both passages locate righteousness in God; the psalm connects it with exaltation, and Philippians describes receiving righteousness through faith in Christ.
Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”Rejoicing in God extends across time in both passages: all day in the psalm and always in Philippians.
Psalm 71:15My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.Both psalms speak of God’s righteousness and a response lasting all day, whether rejoicing or telling of his salvation.
Psalm 29:7The LORD’s voice strikes with flashes of lightning.The shared thread is the LORD himself; Psalm 29 describes his voice through lightning rather than the rejoicing or righteousness named here.
Luke 1:47My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,Both passages describe rejoicing in God, with Luke’s speaker naming him as Savior.
Psalm 89:12You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.Within the same psalm, Tabor and Hermon rejoice in God’s name, as do the people described in verse 16.
2 Corinthians 5:21For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.God’s righteousness shapes both passages: his people are exalted in it, and through Christ they become the righteousness of God.
Psalm 40:10I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your …God’s righteousness receives an open response in both psalms: rejoicing here and declaration before the great assembly in Psalm 40.
Isaiah 46:13I bring my righteousness near. It is not far off, and my salvation will not wait. I will grant salvation to Zion, my glory to Israel.Both passages link God’s righteousness with his people’s good: exaltation in the psalm and salvation for Zion in Isaiah.
Romans 1:17For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”God’s righteousness is central to both texts, though Romans speaks of its revelation and faith while the psalm speaks of exaltation.
Romans 3:21–26But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;Both passages name righteousness as God’s; Romans adds that this righteousness has been revealed apart from the law.
Jeremiah 23:6In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: The LORD our righteousness.Both passages connect the LORD’s name with righteousness and the good of his people.
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The people’s joy has a named source: God himself. Their exaltation rests in his righteousness, so praise here begins with who God is.
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