God’s Word Translation
Psalms 147:7
7Sing to the Lord a song of thanksgiving. Make music to our God with a 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.
- 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 his power is great. There is no limit to his understanding. 6The Lord gives relief to those who are oppressed. He brings wicked people down to the ground. Sing to the Lord a song of thanksgiving. Make music to our God with a lyre. 8He covers the sky with clouds. He provides rain for the ground. He makes grass grow on the mountains. 9He is the one who gives food to animals and to young ravens when they call out.
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 47:6Make music to praise God. Play music for him! Make music to praise our king. Play music for him!
- Psalms 68:32You kingdoms of the world, sing to God. Make music to praise the Lord. Selah
- Psalms 92:1It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to make music to praise your name, O Most High.
- Psalms 95:1Come, let’s sing joyfully to the Lord. Let’s shout happily to the rock of our salvation.
- Psalms 107:21Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants.
- Exodus 15:20Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand. All the women, dancing with tambourines, followed her.
- Revelation 5:8When the lamb had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 leaders bowed in front of him. Each held a harp and a gold bowl full of incense, the prayers of God’s holy people.
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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