Psalms 147:7

New King James Version

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; Sing praises on the harp to our God,

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre!

Geneva Bible (1587)
Sing vnto the Lord with prayse: sing vpon the harpe vnto our God,

Christian Standard Bible®
Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;play the lyre to our God,

Hebrew Names Version
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,

Easy-to-Read Version
Give thanks to the Lord . Praise our God with harps.

Amplified Bible
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God with the lyre,

American Standard Version
Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; Sing praises upon the harp unto our God,

Contemporary English Version
Celebrate and sing! Play your harps for the Lord our God.

Complete Jewish Bible
Sing to Adonai with thanks, sing praises on the lyre to our God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving, sing praises upon the harp unto our God;

King James Version (1611)
Sing vnto the Lord with thankesgiuing: sing prayse vpon the harpe vnto our God:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Begin the song with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God:

English Revised Version
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praises upon the harp unto our God:

Berean Standard Bible
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,

Lexham English Bible
Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving; sing praises to our God with lyre,

Literal Translation
Sing to Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing praise on the lyre to our God,

New Century Version
Sing praises to the Lord ; praise our God with harps.

New English Translation
Offer to the Lord a song of thanks! Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp!

New Living Translation
Sing out your thanks to the Lord ; sing praises to our God with a harp.

New Life Bible
Sing to the Lord with thanks. Sing praises to our God on the harp.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Respond to Yahweh with thanksgiving, Make melody to our God with the lyre.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(146-7) Sing ye to the Lord with praise: sing to our God upon the harp.

George Lamsa Translation
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp to our God,

Good News Translation
Sing hymns of praise to the Lord ; play music on the harp to our God.

New American Standard Bible
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre;

King James Version
Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Syng ye vnto God with a confession: syng psalmes vpon the Harpe vnto our Lorde.

New Revised Standard
Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre.

Darby Translation
Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing psalms upon the harp unto our God:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Bifore synge ye to the Lord in knoulechyng; seye ye salm to oure God in an harpe.

Young's Literal Translation
Answer ye to Jehovah with thanksgiving, Sing ye to our God with a harp.

World English Bible
Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,

Revised Standard Version
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God upon the lyre!

Update Bible Version
Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving; Sing praises on the harp to our God,

Webster's Bible Translation
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp to our God:

Bible in Basic English
Make songs of praise to the Lord; make melody to our God with instruments of music.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O synge vnto ye LORDE wt thankesgeuynge, synge prayses vpo ye harpe vnto or God.

THE MESSAGE
Sing to God a thanksgiving hymn, play music on your instruments to God, Who fills the sky with clouds, preparing rain for the earth, Then turning the mountains green with grass, feeding both cattle and crows. He's not impressed with horsepower; the size of our muscles means little to him. Those who fear God get God' s attention; they can depend on his strength.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre,

Legacy Standard Bible
Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving;Sing praises to our God on the lyre.

Contextual Overview

¹ Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful. ² The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. ³ He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds. ⁴ He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name. ⁵ Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. ⁶ The LORD lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked down to the ground. ⁷ Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; Sing praises on the harp to our God, ⁸ Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains. ⁹ He gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens that cry. ¹⁰ He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 47:6, Psalms 47:7, Psalms 68:32, Psalms 92:1-3, Psalms 95:1, Psalms 95:2, Psalms 107:21, Psalms 107:22, Exodus 15:20, Exodus 15:21, Revelation 5:8-10

Reciprocal: Acts 14:17 - and gave Ephesians 5:19 - making Revelation 7:12 - thanksgiving Revelation 14:2 - harpers

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving,.... These are the words of the psalmist unto the Israelites, according to Aben Ezra and Kimchi; but may be an exhortation to all men, especially good men; who are capable of observing the following things concerning providential goodness and special grace, on account of which they are called upon to "sing unto the Lord": or to "answer" q; to sing alternately, or by responses; the word is used for singing, Hosea 2:15; see Exodus 15:21; and intends vocal singing, as the next clause instrumental singing, as Kimchi observes. However, the Lord is the object of it, to whom praise is to be sung for all the great and good things done by him, and that "with thanksgiving" to God for them; which, though a distinct thing from singing, and may be done without it, as in prayer; yet singing ought never to be without that; see Ephesians 5:19;

sing praise upon the harp unto our God; an instrument of music used in the times of the Old Testament; an emblem of the heart, and of making melody in it to the Lord: the hearts of believers are the harps of God, on and with which they sing unto him, when they sing aright, and these are in proper tune.

q ענו "respondete", Montanus, Cocceius; "alternis canite", Tigurine version, Piscator, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sing 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 unto our God - On the word harp, see the notes at Isaiah 5:12. The harp was an instrument commonly employed in divine worship. See the notes at Psalms 33:2 : “Praise the Lord with harp.” Compare Psalms 43:4; Psalms 49:4; Psalms 57:8; Psalms 71:22.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 147:7. Sing unto the Lord — ענו enu, sing a responsive song, sing in parts, answer one another.