Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.
Parallel translations
- WEB Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy!
- KJV Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
- NKJV Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
- NASB Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
- NLT Sing a new song of praise to him; play skillfully on the harp, and sing with joy.
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Quick answer
God deserves a fresh, skillful, joyful new song from his people.
Overview
A 'new song' celebrates fresh mercies and ongoing reasons for praise, sung with both skill and exuberant joy. Worship is to be heartfelt yet excellent, neither careless nor lifeless. Scripture's new songs culminate in the song of redemption sung to Christ, who has accomplished the greatest deliverance of all.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Eph 5:19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
- 1 Chr 25:7Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.
- Ps 96:1Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
- Isa 42:10Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.
- 1 Chr 13:8David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
- Ps 98:1A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.
- Col 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
- Ps 144:9I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—
- Ps 40:3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
- Ps 149:1Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise in the assembly of the godly.
- Rev 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- 2 Chr 34:12And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,
- 1 Chr 15:22Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.
- Rev 14:3And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
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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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