Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
Parallel translations
- WEB Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,
- BSB Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,
- NKJV Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises on the harp to our God,
- NASB ¶Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre;
- NLT Sing out your thanks to the Lord; sing praises to our God with a harp.
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Quick answer
Sing thanksgiving and praise to God with music. Grateful worship is to be expressed joyfully and skillfully.
Overview
The psalm calls for thankful song accompanied by the harp, engaging both heart and craft in worship. Music becomes a vessel for praise. This delight in offering thanks to God befits all who have tasted His goodness, supremely in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 95:1–2O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
- Ps 47:6–7Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
- Ps 68:32Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
- Ps 92:1–3IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH:
- Ps 107:21–22Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- Rev 5:8–10And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
- Exod 15:20–21And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
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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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