Hallelujah! Give praise, O servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name.
- KJV Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
- NKJV Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord, Praise the name of the Lord!
- NASB Praise the Lord! Praise Him, you servants of the Lord, Praise the name of the Lord.
- NLT Praise the Lord! Yes, give praise, O servants of the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord!
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Quick answer
The servants of the Lord are called to praise His name. Worship of God is the fitting work of His people.
Overview
Psalm 113 opens the 'Hallel' (Psalms 113-118) sung at Israel's great feasts, including Passover. The threefold call to 'praise' summons the Lord's servants to wholehearted worship of His name, which represents His revealed character. Jesus and His disciples likely sang these very psalms at the Last Supper (Matthew 26:30).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Eph 5:19–20Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
- Ps 135:1–3Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,
- Ps 135:20O house of Levi, bless the LORD; you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
- Ps 112:1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
- Ps 145:10All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.
- Ps 34:22The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
- Ps 134:1A song of ascents. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
- Ps 69:36The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.
- Ps 33:1–2Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.
- Rev 19:5Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”
- Ps 103:20–21Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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