Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For the director of music. According to gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob! New Living Translation Sing praises to God, our strength. Sing to the God of Jacob. English Standard Version Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob! Berean Standard Bible For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. King James Bible To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. New King James Version To the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob. New American Standard Bible For the music director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob. NASB 1995 For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob. NASB 1977 Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob. Legacy Standard Bible For the choir director. According to the Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; Make a loud shout to the God of Jacob. Amplified Bible To the Chief Musician; set to the Philistine lute. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; Shout for joy to the God of Jacob (Israel). Christian Standard Bible For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph. † Sing for joy to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob. Holman Christian Standard Bible For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob. American Standard Version For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. Contemporary English Version Be happy and shout to God who makes us strong! Shout praises to the God of Jacob. English Revised Version For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. GOD'S WORD® Translation [For the choir director; on the [gittith]; by Asaph.] Sing joyfully to God, our strength. Shout happily to the God of Jacob. Good News Translation Shout for joy to God our defender; sing praise to the God of Jacob! International Standard Version Sing joyfully to God, our strength. Raise a shout to the God of Jacob. Majority Standard Bible For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. NET Bible For the music director; according to the gittith style; by Asaph. Shout for joy to God, our source of strength! Shout out to the God of Jacob! New Heart English Bible [For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph.] Sing aloud to God, our strength. Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob. Webster's Bible Translation To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. World English Bible For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph. Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob! Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. BY ASAPH. Cry aloud to God our strength, "" Shout to the God of Jacob. Young's Literal Translation To the Overseer. -- 'On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob. Smith's Literal Translation To the overseer upon the stringed instrument; to Asaph. Rejoice ye in God our strength: shout to the God of Jacob. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleUnto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself. Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible For the leader; “upon the gittith.” Of Asaph. [2] Sing joyfully to God our strength; raise loud shouts to the God of Jacob! New Revised Standard Version Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSING aloud to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Praise God, our Champion, and cry to the God of Jacob! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For the Leader; upon the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength; Shout unto the God of Jacob. Brenton Septuagint Translation For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the wine-presses. Rejoice ye in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Sing for Joy to God, Our Strength1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. 2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.… Cross References Exodus 15:1-2 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea. / The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. Isaiah 12:5-6 Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. Let this be known in all the earth. / Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.” 2 Chronicles 5:13 The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud Nehemiah 12:27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres. Psalm 95:1-2 Come, 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. Psalm 47:1-2 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph. / How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth! Psalm 98:4-6 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises! / Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp. / With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King. Psalm 100:1-2 A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. / Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs. Psalm 66:1-2 For the choirmaster. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth! / Sing the glory of His name; make His praise glorious. Psalm 149:1-3 Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise in the assembly of the godly. / Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King. / Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp. Psalm 150:1-6 Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens. / Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness. / Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. ... Isaiah 42:10-12 Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them. / Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops. / Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands. Ephesians 5:19-20 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord, / always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. Hebrews 13:15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. Treasury of Scripture Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. A. Psalm 8:1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. A Psalm. Sing Psalm 67:4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. Jeremiah 31:7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. our strength Psalm 18:1,2 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength… Psalm 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. Psalm 52:7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. make Psalm 33:1-3 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright… Psalm 46:1-7 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble… Psalm 66:1 To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: the God Psalm 46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. Genesis 50:17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. Matthew 22:32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Jump to Previous Aloud Asaph Asaph&Gt Chief Choirmaster Cry Director Gath Gittith Gittithof Glad Instrument Jacob Joy Joyful Joyfully Leader Music Musician Music-Maker Noise Overseer Psalm Shout Sing Song StrengthJump to Next Aloud Asaph Asaph&Gt Chief Choirmaster Cry Director Gath Gittith Gittithof Glad Instrument Jacob Joy Joyful Joyfully Leader Music Musician Music-Maker Noise Overseer Psalm Shout Sing Song StrengthPsalm 81 1. An exhortation to a solemn praising of God4. God challenges that duty by reason of his benefits 8. God, exhorting to obedience, complains of their disobedience, which proves their own hurt. For the choirmaster. This phrase indicates that the psalm was intended for public worship and was directed to the leader of the temple musicians. The role of the choirmaster was crucial in organizing and leading the musical aspects of worship, which were integral to Israelite religious life. This reflects the structured and communal nature of worship in ancient Israel. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. Persons / Places / Events 1. GodThe central figure in this verse, referred to as the source of strength and the object of joyful worship. 2. Jacob Represents the nation of Israel, as Jacob was renamed Israel and is the patriarch of the twelve tribes. 3. The Psalmist Traditionally attributed to Asaph, a leader of one of the temple choirs during King David's reign, who calls the people to worship. Teaching Points Joyful Worship as a CommandThe verse is an imperative, calling believers to actively engage in joyful worship. This is not merely a suggestion but a command to express joy in God's presence. God as Our Strength Recognize that God is the source of our strength. In times of weakness or challenge, turning to God in worship can renew our strength. Covenantal Relationship The reference to the "God of Jacob" reminds us of the covenant relationship God has with His people. Worship is a response to His faithfulness and promises. Community Worship The call to make a joyful noise suggests a communal aspect of worship. Believers are encouraged to gather and express their joy together. Cultural and Historical Context Understanding the historical context of temple worship and the role of music in Israel's worship can enrich our appreciation and practice of worship today.Verse 1. - Sing aloud unto God our Strength. "Loud" singing is regarded as indicative of earnestness and sincerity (see 2 Chronicles 20:19; Nehemiah 12:42; Psalm 33:3; Psalm 98:4, etc.). (On God as Israel's "Strength," see Psalm 27:1; Psalm 28:8; Psalm 46:1; Psalm 111:7.) Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. The word translated "make a joyful noise" is especially used of the blare of trumpets (Leviticus 23:24; Numbers 29:1). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew For the choirmaster.לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ ׀ (lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ) Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5329: To glitter from afar, to be eminent, to be permanent According to עַֽל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Gittith. הַגִּתִּ֬ית (hag·git·tîṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1665: A musical term of uncertain meaning Of Asaph. לְאָסָֽף׃ (lə·’ā·sāp̄) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 623: Asaph -- 'gatherer', the name of several Israelites Sing for joy הַ֭רְנִינוּ (har·nî·nū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 7442: To give a ringing cry to God לֵאלֹהִ֣ים (lê·lō·hîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative our strength; עוּזֵּ֑נוּ (‘ūz·zê·nū) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 5797: Strength, might make a joyful noise הָ֝רִ֗יעוּ (hā·rî·‘ū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 7321: To mar, to split the ears, shout to the God לֵאלֹהֵ֥י (lê·lō·hê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Jacob. יַעֲקֹֽב׃ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc Links Psalm 81:1 NIVPsalm 81:1 NLT Psalm 81:1 ESV Psalm 81:1 NASB Psalm 81:1 KJV Psalm 81:1 BibleApps.com Psalm 81:1 Biblia Paralela Psalm 81:1 Chinese Bible Psalm 81:1 French Bible Psalm 81:1 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 81:1 For the Chief Musician (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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