Psalms 32:11

11 Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!

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Psalms 32:11 in Other Translations

KJV

11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

ESV

11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

NLT

11 So rejoice in the LORD and be glad, all you who obey him! Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!

MSG

11 Celebrate God. Sing together - everyone! All you honest hearts, raise the roof!

CSB

11 Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

Psalms 32:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 32:11

Be glad in the Lord
The Targum renders it, "in the Word of the Lord"; in Christ the essential Word; in him as the Lord their righteousness, and because of his righteousness imputed to them, by which they become righteous; and in him as their Saviour and Redeemer, and because of the salvation which he has wrought out for them; see ( Isaiah 61:10 ) ;

and rejoice, ye righteous;
in the Lord, as before; for this is not a carnal, but spiritual joy, which is here exhorted to, the same as in ( Philippians 4:4 ) ; and "righteous" ones, who are excited to it, are such who are not righteous in appearance only, or in their own conceit, or by the deeds of the law, or in and of themselves; for there is none righteous this way: but who are made righteous by the obedience of Christ, and are righteousness itself in him; under a sense of which grace they live soberly, righteously, and godly; and these have great reason to rejoice and be glad;

and shout for joy all [ye that are] upright in heart:
who have the truth of grace, and the root of the matter in them, oil in the vessels of their hearts, with their lamps; whose faith is unfeigned, whose hope is without hypocrisy, and whose love is without dissimulation; and who worship the Lord in spirit and in truth, and draw nigh to him with true hearts, and call upon him in the simplicity of them; these ought to rejoice, and even shout for joy, because of the grace that is wrought in them, and bestowed upon them, and the glory they shall be partakers of; for both grace and glory are given to these, and no good thing is withheld from them; the end of these upright souls is peace; and when they have done their work, they shall lie down and rest in their beds, and each one shall walk in his uprightness, ( Psalms 84:11 ) ( 37:37 ) ( Isaiah 57:2 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible