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O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Psalms 95:1 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
  • BSB Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout 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

Cross-references · 34

  • 1 Cor 10:4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
  • Ps 81:1Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
  • 2 Sam 22:47The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
  • Ps 150:6Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
  • Ps 96:1–2O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
  • 1 Chr 16:9Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
  • Exod 15:21And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
  • Ps 47:6–7Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
  • Col 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
  • Rev 15:3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
  • Ps 34:3O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
  • Ps 100:1Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
  • Ps 66:8O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
  • Deut 32:15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
  • Ps 66:1–2Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
  • Eph 5:19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
  • Matt 21:9And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
  • Ezra 3:11–13And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
  • Jer 33:11The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
  • Exod 15:1Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
  • Ps 117:1O Praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
  • Rev 19:6And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
  • Ps 136:1–3O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Ps 118:1O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Rev 5:9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
  • Ps 101:1I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
  • 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 107:21Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
  • Ps 107:8Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
  • Ps 89:26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
  • Ps 98:4–8Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
  • Ps 107:15Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
  • Ps 148:11–13Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
  • Rev 14:3And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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Christ at the center

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.

How Psalms 95:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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