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Psalms 147:7
7Offer a song to the Lord, to thank him for what he has done. Make music with a harp to praise our God.
Psalms 147:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
- New International Version (NIV)Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises on the harp to our God,
Context of Psalms 147:7
5Our Lord is great and very powerful. He understands everything! 6The Lord gives help to poor people, but he knocks down wicked people to the ground. Offer a song to the Lord, to thank him for what he has done. Make music with a harp to praise our God. 8He fills the sky with clouds. He sends rain to make the earth wet. He causes grass to grow on the hills. 9He gives food for the animals to eat. He feeds the young ravens when they cry.
Read all of Psalms 147Psalms 147:7 word by word
עֱנ֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה בְּתוֹדָ֑ה זַמְּר֖וּ לֵאלֹהֵ֣ינוּ בְכִנּֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 147:7
- Psalms 47:6Sing to praise God! Yes, sing! Sing to praise our king! Sing!
- Psalms 68:32All you kingdoms of the earth, sing to God! Yes, sing to praise the Lord! Selah.
- Psalms 92:1It is good to thank the Lord! We sing to praise your name, Most High God.
- Psalms 95:1Come now! Let us sing together to worship the Lord! We will shout aloud to praise God, the strong Rock who makes us safe!
- Psalms 107:21So they should thank the Lord because of his faithful love. They should thank him for the great things that he does for people.
- Exodus 15:20Then Miriam, Aaron's sister, who was a prophet, took a tambourine in her hand. All the other women followed her, with tambourines in their hands. They danced while Miriam sang to them.
- Revelation 5:8When he had taken the book, the four beings and the 24 leaders fell down to the ground in front of the Lamb. They worshipped him. Each leader had a harp to make music. They were also holding gold bowls which were full of incense. That nice smell shows what it is like when God's people pray to him.
Commentaries on Psalms 147:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving - Accompany the praise of God - the expression of worship - with a grateful remembrance of the past. The one will aid the other, and the two will constitute acceptable and proper worship. The first word here means properly to answer, or respond; and the idea would seem to be, that we are to make a suitable response or answer to the manifold layouts which we have received at the hand of God. Sing praise upon the harp…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-11Human achievements do not impress God, who commands nature. Instead, he finds joy in those who fear him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. His providence supplies bountifully the wild animals in their mountain homes. Sing ... Lord--literally, "Answer the Lord," that is, in grateful praise to His goodness, thus declared in His acts.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 147
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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