Isaiah 61:10

I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The speaker declares personal joy to the Lord and God, positioned between a promise of the community's blessed reputation among nations and a metaphor of God causing righteousness to spring up like cultivated ground.

The words — The text highlights אָשִׂ֣ישׂ ('a.Sis), meaning "I will rejoice," and הִלְבִּישַׁ֙/נִי֙ (hil.bi.Sha./ni), meaning "He has clothed me," which ground the declaration in active divine provision rather than human achievement.

The thread — The imagery of divine clothing and communal joy appears in Psalm 132:9 and 132:16, where priests are clothed with righteousness and salvation while saints shout for joy, and Revelation 19:7 commands the assembly to rejoice as the bride prepares herself.

Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to recognize that joy and righteousness are divinely bestowed garments rather than self-generated virtues, demanding a shift from self-reliance to received identity.

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The Hebrew words

שׂ֧וֹשׂSoscertainly <to rejoice>אָשִׂ֣ישׂ'a.SisI will rejoice בַּֽיהוָ֗הba./Yah.wehin/ Yahweh תָּגֵ֤לta.Gelit may be glad נַפְשִׁי֙naf.Sh/iself/ my בֵּֽאלֹהַ֔יbe./lo.Ha/iin/ God/ my כִּ֤יkifor הִלְבִּישַׁ֙נִי֙hil.bi.Sha./nihe has clothed/ me בִּגְדֵי־big.dei-garments of יֶ֔שַׁעYe.sha'salvation מְעִ֥ילme.'Ila robe of צְדָקָ֖הtze.da.Kahrighteousness יְעָטָ֑נִיye.'a.Ta./nihe has covered/ me כֶּֽחָתָן֙ke./cha.Tanlike <the>/ bridegroom יְכַהֵ֣ןye.kha.Hen[who] he acts like a priest פְּאֵ֔רpe.'Era turban וְכַכַּלָּ֖הve./kha/k.ka.Lahand/ like <the>/ bride תַּעְדֶּ֥הta'.Deh[who] she adorns herself כֵלֶֽיהָ׃khe.Lei./haornaments/ her

King James Version

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Cross-references

Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
Psalms 132:9 May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.
Psalms 132:16 I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.
Philippians 3:9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
Revelation 21:2 I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Isaiah 49:18 Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.
Romans 5:11 Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Revelation 7:9 After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
Isaiah 52:1 Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.