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Psalm 9:2

I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

1For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
2I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
4For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
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Notice

The words “in you” locate David’s joy in God himself, while “Most High” gives his song a clear object: the God who reigns above all.

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Where else Scripture says this

8 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 7:17I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.Both verses declare an intent to sing praise to God’s name and address him as the Most High.
Psalm 104:34Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in the LORD.Both speakers declare that they will rejoice in God, making God himself the object of their gladness.
Psalm 83:18that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.Both passages name God as the Most High; Psalm 83 states that his supremacy extends over all the earth.
Psalm 5:11But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.Both passages speak of joy in God and connect that joy with his name.
Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”David declares that he will rejoice in God, while Philippians directs its hearers to rejoice in the Lord.
Habakkuk 3:17–18For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food, the flocks are cut off from …The supplied Habakkuk excerpt describes failed crops and absent livestock; its direct overlap with David’s declaration of joy is limited.
Daniel 5:18“To you, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty.Both texts use the title Most High; Daniel names this God as the one who gave Nebuchadnezzar his kingdom.
Daniel 4:34At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and …David and Nebuchadnezzar both praise the Most High, with Nebuchadnezzar naming God’s everlasting dominion as a reason for honor.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Sing Psalm 9:2 aloud before breakfast one morning

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Encouragement

Your praise has someone to address: the Most High. The God in whom David rejoices is the righteous judge who has upheld his cause.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).