Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
Parallel translations
- WEB Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
- BSB Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
- NKJV Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion! Declare His deeds among the people.
- NASB ¶Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion; Declare His deeds among the peoples.
- NLT Sing praises to the Lord who reigns in Jerusalem. Tell the world about his unforgettable deeds.
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Quick answer
David calls others to sing praises to Yahweh who dwells in Zion and proclaim His deeds. Worship overflows into public testimony among the nations.
Overview
The psalmist summons the community to praise the God enthroned in Zion and to declare His works among the peoples. Personal thanksgiving becomes corporate and missionary in scope. This anticipates the gospel call to proclaim God's saving deeds to all nations through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Ps 107:22And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
- Ps 148:1–5Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
- Ps 96:1–2O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
- Ps 66:2Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
- Isa 12:4–6And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
- Ps 105:1–2O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
- Ps 96:10Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
- Ps 118:17I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
- Ps 66:5Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
- Rev 14:1And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
- Ps 33:1–3Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
- Ps 76:2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
- Ps 78:68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
- John 17:26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
- Isa 14:32What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
- Ps 47:6–7Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
- Ps 132:13–14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
- Ps 148:13–14Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
- Heb 12:22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
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