New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 147:7
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
5Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite. 6The Lord supports the afflicted; He brings down the wicked to the ground. Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre, 8Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains. 9He gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens which cry.
Read all of Psalms 147Psalms 147:7 word by word
עֱנ֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה בְּתוֹדָ֑ה זַמְּר֖וּ לֵאלֹהֵ֣ינוּ בְכִנּֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 147:7
- Psalms 47:6Sing praises to God, sing praises; Sing praises to our King, sing praises.
- Psalms 68:32Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, Sing praises to the Lord, Selah.
- Psalms 92:1It is good to give thanks to the Lord And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
- Psalms 95:1O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord, Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
- Psalms 107:21Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men!
- Exodus 15:20Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dancing.
- Revelation 5:8When He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one 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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