Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth!
Parallel translations
- WEB A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands!
- KJV Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye 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.
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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 to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!
- Luke 19:37As he was now getting near, 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 which they had seen,
- Ps 32:11Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
- Zeph 3:14Sing, daughter of Zion! Shout, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.
- Ps 95:1–2Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
- Rom 15:10Again he says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”
- Isa 42:10–12Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.
- Ps 117:1–2Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!
- Ps 66:1For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
- Ps 47:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
- Zech 14:9Yahweh will be King over all the earth. In that day Yahweh will be one, and his name one.
- Ps 47:5God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.
- Deut 32:43Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his adversaries, and will make atonement for his land and for his people.
- Ps 67:4Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.
- Ps 145:1A praise psalm by David. I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
- Ps 66:4All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” Selah.
- Isa 24:14–16These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea.
- Ps 68:32Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord! Selah.
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