Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
Parallel translations
- WEB A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands!
- BSB A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.
- NKJV Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!
- NASB Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.
- NLT Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth!
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Quick answer
All the earth is called to shout for joy to the LORD. Joyful praise is the fitting tribute to the King of all.
Overview
This well-loved psalm of thanksgiving opens with a universal summons to glad worship. The command embraces 'all you lands,' inviting every people to praise the true God. It anticipates the gospel's reach to all nations, who are called to rejoice in the Lord through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Ps 98:4Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
- Luke 19:37And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
- Ps 32:11Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
- Zeph 3:14Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
- Ps 95:1–2O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
- Rom 15:10And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
- Isa 42:10–12Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
- Ps 117:1–2O Praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
- Ps 66:1Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
- Ps 47:1O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
- Zech 14:9And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
- Ps 47:5God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
- Deut 32:43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
- Ps 67:4O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
- Ps 145:1I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
- Ps 66:4All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
- Isa 24:14–16They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
- Ps 68:32Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
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