Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.
Parallel translations
- WEB Sing praises to Yahweh with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody.
- KJV Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
- NKJV Sing to the Lord with the harp, With the harp and the sound of a psalm,
- NASB Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, With the lyre and the sound of melody.
- NLT Sing your praise to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and melodious song,
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Quick answer
Praise the LORD with the harp and melodious song. Skilled, heartfelt music honors the King.
Overview
Here the worship becomes specific, employing instruments and melody to express praise. The verse affirms music as a fitting vehicle for celebrating God's salvation. It models for the church a worship that engages skill and beauty in adoration of God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 33:2Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
- Rev 5:8When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
- Isa 51:3For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
- 1 Chr 25:1–6Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
- Ps 92:3–4with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
- 2 Chr 29:25Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
- Rev 14:2–3And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.
- 1 Chr 15:16David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
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