Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!
Parallel translations
- WEB Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
- KJV O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
- NKJV Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
- NASB Come, let’s sing for joy to the Lord, Let’s shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
- NLT Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
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Quick answer
Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD, the rock of our salvation. We are summoned to enthusiastic, glad worship of our saving God.
Overview
This psalm opens with a hearty call to corporate praise, picturing God as the 'rock of our salvation,' firm and deliverer. Worship is to be joyful and vocal, springing from gratitude for God's saving strength. The New Testament uses this very psalm to urge believers today to worship and not harden their hearts (Hebrews 3:7-8; 1 Corinthians 10:4).
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Cor 10:4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
- 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.
- 2 Sam 22:47The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
- Ps 150:6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
- Ps 96:1–2Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
- 1 Chr 16:9Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
- Exod 15:21And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
- Ps 47:6–7Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!
- 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.
- Rev 15:3and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Ps 34:3Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
- Ps 100:1A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.
- Ps 66:8Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard.
- Deut 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
- Ps 66:1–2For the choirmaster. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!
- Eph 5:19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
- Matt 21:9The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”
- Ezra 3:11–13And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
- Jer 33:11the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
- Exod 15:1Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
- Ps 117:1Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
- Rev 19:6And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
- Ps 136:1–3Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ps 118:1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- 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.
- Ps 101:1A Psalm of David. I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.
- Isa 12:4–6and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
- Ps 107:21Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- Ps 107:8Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- Ps 89:26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
- Ps 98:4–8Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!
- Ps 107:15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- Ps 148:11–13kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth,
- 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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