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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 32:11

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

Ver. 11. Be glad in the Lord] Joy is the just man's portion. A pardoned sinner, as Psalms 32:1,2, is here called upon (in a use of consolation) to be as merry as mirth can make him; for what should all such a one? as we say of a rich man. Viscount Lisle, in Henry VIII's time, died for joy of an unexpected pardon. But what was that to God's pardon of all sins?

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 32:11. _BE GLAD - AND REJOICE_] Let every _righteous soul_ rejoice and glory, but let it be _in the Lord_. Man was made for _happiness_, but his happiness must be founded on holiness: and...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BE GLAD IN THE LORD - Rejoice in the Lord. Rejoice that there is a God; rejoice that he is such as he is; rejoice in his favor; find your joy - your supreme joy - in him. Compare Philippians 3:1, note...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 32 Fullest Blessing _ 1. The blessedness of righteousness imputed (Psalms 32:1)_ 2. The blessedness of hiding-place (Psalms 32:6) 3. The blessedness of guidance and preservation ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    XXXII. PARDON OF SIN. Psalms 32:1 f. The joy of Divine pardon. Psalms 32:3. Sin remitted on confession. Psalms 32:6 f. The security of the godly. Read, in time of stress and omit surely....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Cp. Psalms 5:11; Psalms 33:1; Nehemiah 8:10; Philippians 3:1; Philip

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 548 JOY IN THE LORD INCULCATED Psalms 32:11._ Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart._ THERE is in this world, as there will al...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BE GLAD IN THE LORD— Bishop Hare supposes that this verse belongs to the next psalm, because it has no connection with the foregoing verse, or any part of this psalm; but if placed at the beginning of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _MANY SORROWS SHALL BE TO THE WICKED: BUT HE THAT TRUSTETH IN THE LORD, MERCY SHALL COMPASS HIM ABOUT._ The conclusion. The sorrows awaiting the wicked, and the joy awaiting the righteous. MANY SOR...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The subject of the Ps. is the happiness that follows the confession of sin and the experience of forgiveness. This is generally set forth at the beginning (Psalms 32:1). Then the Psalmist relates his...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שִׂמְח֬וּ בַֽ יהוָ֣ה וְ֭ גִילוּ צַדִּיקִ֑ים ו

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 32:1 ONE must have a dull ear not to hear the voice of personal experience in this psalm. It throbs with emotion, and is a burst of rapture from a heart tasting the sweetness of the new joy of...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE SONG OF THE FORGIVEN Psalms 32:1 David wrote this psalm, Romans 4:6. _Maschil_ means “to give instruction.” We are deeply instructed as to the working of conscience. Compare with Psalms 51:1. Thi...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is known as the second of the penitential psalms. It is the song of a man who is rejoicing in the assurance of restoration. Opening with a burst of praise which reveals the experimental knowledge...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Be glad in the LORD, and (k) rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart. (k) He shows that peace and joy of conscience in the Holy Spirit is the fruit of faith....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    PSALM XXXII. (EXULTATE JUSTI.) An exhortation to praise God, and to trust in him....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    11._Be glad in Jehovah. _After teaching how ready and accessible true happiness is to all the godly, David, with much reason, exhorts them to gladness. He commands them to rejoice in the Lord, as if h...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Now (Psalms 32) we have what he wants still more the forgiveness of sins. The pressure of affliction turns him to God's law, but to the consciousness of having broken it. Righteousness in that sense h...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 wh...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous, the grace of God which they have experienced being the motive for continual joy; AND SHOUT FOR JOY, ALL YE THAT ARE UPRIGHT IN HEART, thanking the Lord f...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-11 God teaches by his word, and guides with the secret intimations of his will. David gives a word of caution to sinners. The reason for this caution is, that the way of sin will certainly end in so...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 32:11 glad H8055 (H8798) LORD H3068 rejoice H1523 (H8798) righteous H6662 shout H7442 (H8685) upright...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    7). HE CALLS ON ALL THE RIGHTEOUS TO BE GLAD IN YHWH, AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE UPRIGHT IN HEART TO SHOUT FOR JOY. Psalms 32:11 ‘Be glad in YHWH, and rejoice, you righteous, And shout for joy, all you...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 32 In this Psalm David gives to the world his experience as a sinner. I. He tells us of the blessedness of forgiveness. He is blessed (1) because his sins are taken away; (2) because his sins...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    «A Psalm of David, Maschil»: that is to say, an instructive psalm: «Maschil.» I suppose that David wrote it after he had been forgiven and restored to divine favor. I think we may read it as a part o...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The blessedness of those whose sin is forgiven. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The only cover that will hide our sins forever away from God's sight is that provided in the atoning dea...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This Psalm, as well as Psalms 51., is generally understood to have been composed after the prophet Nathan had alarmed the conscience of David for the sin against Uriah. It is a psalm of praise for par...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Shout for joy, all ye that are upright of heart._ HOW WE REJOICE IN THE LORD 1. When our joy is a fruit of the Spirit of the Lord (Galatians 5:22). 2. When it looketh to God and acknowledgeth Him t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 32:1. This is usually classified as a thanksgiving hymn. Worshipers thank God for the joy of having their sins forgiven. Since the psalm is about confession and forgiveness...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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