English Standard Version
Psalms 147:7
7Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre!
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises on the harp to our God,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Sing out your thanks to the Lord; sing praises to our God with a harp.
Context of Psalms 147:7
5Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. 6The Lord lifts up the humble; he casts the wicked to the ground. Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre! 8He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills. 9He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.
Read all of Psalms 147Psalms 147:7 word by word
עֱנ֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה בְּתוֹדָ֑ה זַמְּר֖וּ לֵאלֹהֵ֣ינוּ בְכִנּֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 147:7
- Psalms 47:6Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
- Psalms 68:32O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praises to the Lord, Selah
- Psalms 92:1It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
- Psalms 95:1Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
- Psalms 107:21Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
- Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.
- Revelation 5:8And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
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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