Psalms 147:7

Psalms 147:7 in other versions

• 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,
• 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 of great power: his understanding is infinite. 6The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: 8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. 9He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

Psalms 147:7 word by word

עֱנ֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה בְּתוֹדָ֑ה זַמְּר֖וּ לֵאלֹהֵ֣ינוּ בְכִנּֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

• Singעָנָה‛ânâh · to singH6030
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• with thanksgivingתּוֹדָהtôdâh · thanksgivingH8426
• sing praiseזָמַרzâmar · to singH2167
• upon the harpכִּנּוֹרkinnôr · lyreH3658
• unto our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Psalms 147:7

• Psalms 47:6Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
• Psalms 68:32Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
• Psalms 92:1It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
• Psalms 95:1O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
• Psalms 107:21Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
• Exodus 15:20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
• Revelation 5:8And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of 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

Topics related to Psalms 147:7

• Harp
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Praise

In the dictionaries

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• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
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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