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Psalms 33:3
3Sing a new song to him; play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout.
Psalms 33:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
- New International Version (NIV)Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
Context of Psalms 33:3
1Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones; praise from the upright is beautiful. 2Praise the Lord with the lyre; make music to him with a ten-stringed harp. Sing a new song to him; play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout. 4For the word of the Lord is right, and all his work is trustworthy. 5He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the Lord’s unfailing love.
Read all of Psalms 33Psalms 33:3 word by word
שִֽׁירוּ־ל֭וֹ שִׁ֣יר חָדָ֑שׁ הֵיטִ֥יבוּ נַ֝גֵּ֗ן בִּתְרוּעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 33:3
- Psalms 96:1Sing a new song to the Lord; let the whole earth sing to the Lord.
- Psalms 98:1Sing a new song to the Lord, for he has performed wonders; his right hand and holy arm have won him victory.
- Psalms 144:9God, I will sing a new song to you; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for you —
- Psalms 149:1Hallelujah! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful.
- Isaiah 42:10Sing a new song to the Lord; sing his praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea with all that fills it, you coasts and islands with your inhabitants.
- Ephesians 5:19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music with your heart to the Lord,
- Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
- Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and you purchased people for God by your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation.
- Revelation 14:3They sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders, but no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 13:8David and all Israel were dancing with all their might before God with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
- 1 Chronicles 15:22Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites in music, was to direct the music because he was skillful.
- 1 Chronicles 25:7They numbered 288 together with their relatives who were all trained and skillful in music for the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 34:12The men were doing the work with integrity. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites from the Merarites, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites as supervisors. The Levites were all skilled with musical instruments.
Commentaries on Psalms 33:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Sing unto him a new song - Do not wear out the old forms: fresh mercies call for new songs of praise and gratitude. Play skilfully with a loud noise - Let sense and sound accompany each other; let the style of the music be suited to the words. This skill is possessed by few singers. They can make a loud noise, but they cannot adapt sound to sense.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Sing unto him a new song - A song specially composed for this occasion; expressive of the special feelings suggested by this occasion, or appropriate to this new manifestation of the divine goodness and mercy. Such occasions, exhibiting some new phase of the divine goodness, demanded new language appropriate to them. So now, new hymns of praise, and new tunes in music, are demanded to meet the ever-varying manifestations of the mercy of God; and as the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3The psalmist urges the godly to praise the Lord with melodies, with a new song, and with skillfully-played music.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221-3. The sentiment falls in with Psa 32:11 (compare 1Co 14:15). The instruments (Psa 92:3; 144:9) do not exclude the voice.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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