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Psalm 9:2

ESV I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
NIV I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.
NASB I will rejoice and be jubilant in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
CSB I will rejoice and boast about you; I will sing about your name, Most High.
NLT I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.
KJV I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
NKJV I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

What does Psalm 9:2 mean?

David expresses his joy in the Lord. Already he has celebrated God's actions (Psalm 9:1). Here, he is thankful for God Himself, and he finds in the Lord a source of great joy. This psalm acclaims God's role in Israel defeating her attacking enemies (Psalm 9:3–6).

This verse addresses the Lord as "Most High." This is the same name for God which Melchizedek used when he blessed Abram and praised God (Genesis 14:19–20). It is also the name Abram employed when he refused a reward offered by the King of Sodom. He rightly identified God as "God Most High" and described him as "Possessor of heaven and earth" (Genesis 14:22). When a believer perceives God as sovereign of heaven and earth, he will praise Him and rejoice in Him.

In Philippians 4:4 Paul repeatedly exhorts his readers to rejoice in the Lord. This came in the context of two women, Euodia and Syntyche, who were at odds with each other (Philippians 4:2–3). They needed to remove their attention from what divided them, focusing instead on the blessings they both had in the Lord.
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