Sing to the Lord; praise his name. Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.
Parallel translations
- WEB Sing to Yahweh! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day!
- KJV Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
- BSB Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim His salvation day after day.
- NKJV Sing to the Lord, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.
- NASB Sing to the Lord, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.
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Quick answer
Sing to the LORD, bless His name, and proclaim His salvation daily. Worship overflows into ongoing declaration of God's saving work.
Overview
Praise here is joined to proclamation: God's people are to announce His salvation day after day. Worship is not private only but missionary, making God's deliverance known. This anticipates the daily proclamation of the good news of salvation accomplished in Christ (Romans 10:14-15; Isaiah 52:7).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Mark 16:15He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
- Ps 71:15My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
- Ps 103:1–2By David. Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
- Ps 40:10I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
- Ps 145:1A praise psalm by David. I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
- Isa 40:9You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength. Lift it up. Don’t be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
- Ps 72:17–18His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
- Isa 52:7–8How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
- Ps 103:20Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.
- Ps 145:10All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you.
- Acts 13:26Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.
- Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;
- 1 Chr 29:20Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God!” All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before Yahweh and the king.
- Rom 10:14–18How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?
- Rev 5:13I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!”
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