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It Is Good to Sing Praises

Psalms 147:7

In 11 translations

BSB
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,
KJV
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
WEB
Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,
ASV
Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; Sing praises upon the harp unto our God,
LSV
Answer to YHWH with thanksgiving, || Sing to our God with a harp.
YLT
Answer ye to Jehovah with thanksgiving, Sing ye to our God with a harp.
DBY
Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing psalms upon the harp unto our God:Elohim
DRC146:7
Sing ye to the Lord with praise: sing to our God upon the harp.
GNV
Sing vnto the Lord with prayse: sing vpon the harpe vnto our God,
JPS
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving, sing praises upon the harp unto our God;
LXXE146:7
Begin the song with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God:

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Original-language editions

WLC
עֱנ֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה בְּתוֹדָ֑ה זַמְּר֖וּ לֵאלֹהֵ֣ינוּ בְכִנּֽוֹר׃
LXX-Br146:7
Ἐξάρξατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν ἐξομολογήσει, ψάλατε τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν ἐν κιθάρᾳ·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 95:1–2Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation! Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.
  • Psalms 47:6–7Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises! For God is King of all the earth; sing profound praises to Him.
  • Psalms 68:32Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; sing praises to the Lord— Selah
  • Psalms 92:1–3It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
  • Psalms 107:21–22Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
  • Revelation 5:8–10When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the…
  • Exodus 15:20–21Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing. And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the…

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  • 146:7 in some Bibles
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