For the choirmaster. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!
Parallel translations
- WEB For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
- KJV Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
- NKJV Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
- NASB Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;
- NLT Shout joyful praises to God, all the earth!
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Quick answer
All the earth is called to make a joyful shout to God. It summons the whole world to praise.
Overview
This psalm of thanksgiving begins with a worldwide call for joyful praise to God. The invitation is not limited to Israel but extends to all the earth. This global summons looks ahead to the gospel that gathers worshipers from every nation to God through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- 1 Chr 16:23–24Sing to the LORD, all the earth. Proclaim His salvation day after day.
- Ps 100:1A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.
- Ps 98:4Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!
- Ps 150:6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
- Ps 81:1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
- 1 Chr 15:28So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.
- Ps 96:1Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
- Ps 95:1–2Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!
- Ps 117:1–2Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
- Isa 24:16From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.
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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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