Tree of Life Version
Psalms 147:7
7Sing to Adonai with thanksgiving. Sing praises to our God on the harp.
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 mighty in power— His understanding is infinite! 6Adonai upholds the humble. He brings the wicked to the ground. Sing to Adonai with thanksgiving. Sing praises to our God on the harp. 8He covers the sky with clouds. He provides rain for the earth. He makes grass sprout on the hills. 9He gives food to the cattle 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 147:7
- Psalms 47:6God is gone up amidst shouting, Adonai amidst the sound of the shofar.
- Psalms 68:32Nobles come from Egypt. Cush runs to stretch her hands to God.
- Psalms 92:1A psalm, a song for the Shabbat.
- Psalms 95:1O come, let us sing for joy to Adonai. Let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.
- Psalms 107:21Let them praise Adonai for His mercy, and His wonders for the children of men.
- Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing,
- Revelation 5:8When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense—which are the prayers of the kedoshim.
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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