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Psalms 113:1
1Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Servants of the Lord, praise him! Praise the name of the Lord!
Psalms 113:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, you his servants; praise the name of the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord, Praise the name of the Lord!
Context of Psalms 113:1
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Servants of the Lord, praise him! Praise the name of the Lord! 2Everyone should praise the Lord now and for ever! 3The Lord deserves that people praise him, from where the sun rises in the east, to where it goes down in the west.
Read all of Psalms 113Psalms 113:1 word by word
הַ֥לְלוּ יָ֨הּ׀ הַ֭לְלוּ עַבְדֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה הַֽ֝לְלוּ אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 113:1
- Matthew 26:30Then Jesus and his disciples sang a song to praise God. Then they went out to the Mount of Olives.
- Psalms 112:1Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! When someone respects the Lord with fear, God has blessed that person! He is happy to obey the Lord's commands.
- Psalms 33:1You righteous people, sing to praise the Lord, and be happy! It is right for good, honest people to do that.
- Psalms 103:20You who are the Lord's angels, you strong angels who do what he tells you to do, praise the Lord!
- Psalms 134:1Listen, all you servants of the Lord, come and praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, all you who serve him in his temple during the night.
- Psalms 135:1Hallelujah! Praise the name of the Lord! Praise him, you servants of the Lord!
- Psalms 145:10Join together to thank the Lord! Everything that he has made will praise him. Your own people will praise you, Lord!
- Ephesians 5:19He will help you to speak to each other with all kinds of spiritual songs. Sing psalms from the Bible, and Christian songs. Praise the Lord with songs from inside yourselves.
- Revelation 19:5Then a voice spoke from the throne. It said, ‘All of you who are God's servants, praise our God! All of you who respect God's power, worship him! Important people and ordinary people should worship him!’
Commentaries on Psalms 113:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Praise, O ye servants - Probably an address to the Levites. The Anglo-Saxon has praise the Lord, ye knaves. Knapa or knave signified among our ancestors a servant; sometimes a male, a young man.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Praise ye the Lord - Margin, as in Hebrew, “Hallelujah.” See the notes at Psalm 106:1. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord - You who profess to serve and obey him; who acknowledge him as your God. In the original this is also the word “Hallelu,” הללוּ halelû Praise the name of the Lord - Still the same word “Hallelu.” The name of the Lord is put here, as it is often, for the Lord himself.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1An exhortation to praise God. --God has praise from his own people. They have most reason to praise him; for those who attend him as his servants, know him best, and receive most of his favours, and it is easy, pleasant work to speak well of their Master. God's name ought to be praised in every place, from east to west. Within this wide space the Lord's name is to be praised; it ought to be so, though it is not. Ere long it will be, when all nations shall…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3the name of the LORD: God's personal name (Hebrew Yahweh; see Exodus 3:15) reveals who he is (his nature, character, and reputation). He is exalted at all times (now and forever) and in every place (from east to west).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-91-3. Earnestness and zeal are denoted by the emphatic repetitions. servants of the Lord--or, all the people of God. name of the Lord--perfections (Psa 5:11; 111:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 113
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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