New King James Version
Psalms 33:3
3Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
- 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
1Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful. 2Praise the Lord with the harp; Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings. Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy. 4For the word of the Lord is right, And all His work is done in truth. 5He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness 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 gained Him the victory.
- Psalms 144:9I will sing a new song to You, O God; On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
- Psalms 149:1Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, And His praise in the assembly of saints.
- Isaiah 42:10Sing to the Lord a new song, And His praise from the ends of the earth, You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, You coastlands and you inhabitants of them!
- Ephesians 5:19speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
- Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
- Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
- Revelation 14:3They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 13:8Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets.
- 1 Chronicles 15:22Chenaniah, leader of the Levites, was instructor in charge of the music, because he was skillful;
- 1 Chronicles 25:7So the number of them, with their brethren who were instructed in the songs of the Lord, all who were skillful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
- 2 Chronicles 34:12And the men did the work faithfully. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to supervise. Others of the Levites, all of whom 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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