English Standard Version
Psalms 33:3
3Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Sing a new song of praise to him; play skillfully on the harp, and sing with joy.
Context of Psalms 33:3
1Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. 2Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts. 4For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. 5He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
Read all of Psalms 33Psalms 33:3 word by word
שִֽׁירוּ־ל֭וֹ שִׁ֣יר חָדָ֑שׁ הֵיטִ֥יבוּ נַ֝גֵּ֗ן בִּתְרוּעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 33:3
- Psalms 96:1Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth!
- Psalms 98:1Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.
- Psalms 144:9I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
- Psalms 149:1Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly!
- Isaiah 42:10Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it, the coastlands and their inhabitants.
- Ephesians 5:19addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,
- Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
- Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation,
- Revelation 14:3and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 13:8And David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.
- 1 Chronicles 15:22Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in music, should direct the music, for he understood it.
- 1 Chronicles 25:7The number of them along with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the Lord, all who were skillful, was 288.
- 2 Chronicles 34:12And the men did the work faithfully. Over them were set Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to have oversight. The Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music,
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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