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Sing for Joy to God Our Strength

Psalms 81:1

In 11 translations

BSB
Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
KJV
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.of Asaph: or, for Asaph
WEB
Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!
ASV
Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
LSV
TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. BY ASAPH. Cry aloud to God our strength, || Shout to the God of Jacob.
YLT
To the Overseer. — 'On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.
DBY
Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob;ElohimElohim
DRC80:2
Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.
GNV
To him that excelleth upon Gittith. A Psalme committed to Asaph. Sing ioyfully vnto God our strength: sing loude vnto the God of Iaakob.
JPS81:2
Sing aloud unto God our strength; shout unto the God of Jacob.
LXXE80:2
Rejoice ye in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.

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Original-language editions

WLC81:2
הַ֭רְנִינוּ לֵאלֹהִ֣ים עוּזֵּ֑נוּ הָ֝רִ֗יעוּ לֵאלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב׃KJV:Ps.81.1
LXX-Br80:2
Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε τῷ Θεῷ τῷ βοηθῷ ἡμῶν, ἀλαλάξατε τῷ Θεῷ Ἰακώβ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 31:7For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’
  • Psalms 66:1Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!
  • Psalms 100:1–2Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.
  • Psalms 8:1O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
  • Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
  • Psalms 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
  • Psalms 28:7The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
  • Psalms 18:1–2I love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
  • Psalms 67:4Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the nations of the earth. Selah
  • Genesis 50:17‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your…
  • Matthew 22:32‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
  • Psalms 33:1–3Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him. Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings. Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.
  • Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
  • Psalms 46:1–7God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas, though their waters roar…

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 81:2 in some Bibles
  • 81:1-2 in some Bibles
  • 81:1 in most Bibles

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