Sing praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises to our King! Sing praises!
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Sing praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises to our King! Sing praises!
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Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
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(47-7) Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
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Passages linked to Psalms 47:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 12:4-6 In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted! Sing to Yahweh, for he has done excellent things! Let this be known in all the earth! Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for the Holy One of Israel is great among you!”
- Matthew 25:34 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
- Psalms 68:4 Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him!
- Psalms 117:1-2 Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples! For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh’s faithfulness endures forever. Praise Yah!
- 1 Chronicles 16:9 Sing to him. Sing praises to him. Tell of all his marvelous works.
- Psalms 145:1 I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
- Isaiah 33:22 For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.
- Matthew 27:37 They set up over his head the accusation against him written, “THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:20 Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God!” All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before Yahweh and the king.
- Psalms 89:18 For our shield belongs to Yahweh, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
- Psalms 96:1-2 Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth. Sing to Yahweh! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day!
- Psalms 149:1-3 Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints. Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!
- Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Exodus 15:21 Miriam answered them, “Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing…
Psa 47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
Ver. 6. Sing praises to God, sing praises] Do it with all alacrity, assiduity, being of that martyr’s mind who said, Should I do nothing else all the days of my life, yea, as long as the days of heaven shall last, but kneel upon my knees, and repeat over David’s psalms to the glory and praise of God, yet should I fall infinitely short of what is my duty to do.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain These words are repeated four times in this verse,…
These words are repeated four times in this verse, to show how vehemently desirous the psalmist was that God might have his due praise and glory; and of how great necessity and importance it was to men to perform this great, though much neglected, duty.
Unto our King; for so he is in a special manner.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For God is the King of all the earth,....…
For God is the King of all the earth,.... Or "the king of all the earth is God" (e); the same that is ascended into heaven, and is King of saints, even Christ Jesus; and so he will appear to be, especially in the latter day; See Gill on Psa 47:2;
sing ye praises with understanding; or, as De Dieu renders it, to him that understandeth, that is, to God the only wise, whose understanding is infinite; even to Christ, who, as God, knows all things; and, as man and Mediator, is of quick understanding, and has all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge in him; so R. Obadiah, "sing of him who understands"; or, "sing ye praises, O everyone that understandeth" (f); that is, how to sing, as everyone does not; this is the sense of Aben Ezra and Kimchi; or "with understanding", as we render it; with understanding of what is sung. The Apostle Paul seems to refer to this passage in Co1 14:15. The Targum renders it, "with a good understanding".
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(e) So Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis. (f) "canite, intelligens", Montanus; i.e. "unusquisque", Vatablus.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 6. Sing praises] זמרו zammeru: this word is…
Verse 6. Sing praises] זמרו zammeru: this word is four times repeated in this short verse, and shows at once the earnestness and happiness of the people. They are the words of exultation and triumph. Feel your obligation to God; express it in thanksgiving: be thankful, be eternally thankful, to God your King.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 47:6-7. Sing praises, &c. — These words are…
Psa 47:6-7. Sing praises, &c. — These words are repeated four times in this verse, to show how vehemently desirous the psalmist was that God might have his due praise and glory: and of what great necessity and importance it was to men to perform this great, though much neglected duty; unto our king — For so he is in an especial manner. God is King of all the earth — Not only ours, as I now said, but of all the nations of the world: and, therefore, he may well require, and doth highly deserve, all our praises. Sing ye praises with understanding — Not formally and carelessly, but seriously, considering the greatness of this king whom you praise, and what abundant cause you have to praise him.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Sing praises to God, sing praises - This commences…
Sing praises to God, sing praises - This commences the “second” part of the psalm. The “repetition” shows that the heart was full, or was overflowing with joy. It is a call on all to celebrate the praises of God, especially as he had enabled his people to triumph over their enemies.
Sing praises unto our King - Unto God, who has shown himself to be the King of his people - one who rules in their behalf, and who has interposed for their deliverance in danger.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. Sing praises] The verb from which mizmôr, ‘a…
6. Sing praises] The verb from which mizmôr, ‘a psalm,’ is derived. See Introd. p. xix.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) Sing praises.—Better, Strike the harp.
(6) Sing praises.—Better, Strike the harp.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises unto…
Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises Praise him, i.e. , both as God and King especially as "our King that is, as Israel"s King.
Vers. 6, 7. The faculty and duty of praise.
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"Sing praises." Every command of God implies power to obey. True, God often tells us to do what we have no power of ourselves to do; but then he gives power. When Jesus bade the lame Walk, the blind see, the paralytic to take up the bed he lay on, and the very dead to come out of the grave, power went with his word. On the other hand, every faculty or power with which God has endowed us implies some duty in which we are to glorify him. Thus the faculty of praising God in song, and the duty of singing praises with understanding, imply one another.
I THE FACULTY OF PRAISING GOD IN SONG. God might have given speech without song; all the whole world of sound without music. Not a few persons whose sense of hearing is quick and perfect, have no ear for music; they perceive neither melody nor harmony. For them, therefore, it is neither a pleasure nor a duty to sing praises. What is the case with some might have been with all. Music would then have had no existence in our world or in our conceptions. Further, if God had given no more than the ordinary average musical faculty, the wonder and power of music would have remained comparatively unknown. Multitudes can enjoy music, and play or sing, who never could compose a tune. A chosen few must be endowed with that special gift which we call "genius," making them as it were God"s prophets to unfold the secret treasure of music he has stored up in nature, above all, in the human voice. Manifestly it was God"s purpose in this to give delight. Music furnishes one of the most exquisite, elevating, unwearying pleasures of which our nature is capable. But it does much more. Song and music are a language distinct from speech the language of feeling. This language supplies the means by which multitudes may express their thoughts as well as their feelings as with one voice. Let a thousand people speak at once; all thought and feeling are drowned in hubbub. But let them sing together in perfect time and tune; both thought and feeling are raised to a pitch of energy else inconceivable.
II THE DUTY. "Sing ye praises." This duty has an inner spirit as well as an outer embodiment. There is, after all, no melody like "melody in your heart". (Eph_5:19) In the service of God"s Church, music without devotion, a lovely sound void of heartfelt meaning, is not praise, but profanation. Better omit singing from our service altogether, than have the finest music to the praise and glory, not of God, but of the performers. But when the spirit of praise, the heart and soul of worship, inspires our song, can we be too careful in perfecting its form? There is no spirituality in bad music; no piety in singing praises ignorantly, slovenly, untunefully. "Sing ye praises with understanding. " If Timothy was "not to neglect the gift," but to "stir up the gift that was in him," the like exhortation applies to whatever gift God has given us for his service. If only the few can lead, most can follow. The attainment of the art of singing by note, and culture of the voice so as to take part in this delightful part of Christian worship with pleasure to ourselves and profit to others, should he regarded as a far more serious duty than commonly it is. Psalmody is capable of being a most powerful means of religious impression and edification. (Col_3:16) Above all, let us cultivate the spirit of praise; the joyful, thankful, trustful, adoring piety, which finds its natural utterance in song. If prayer claims the principal place in our worship on earth, by reason of sin, weakness, need, sorrow,praise brings us nearest to the worship of heaven. (Rev_5:9-13)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 6. Sing praises. What jubilation is here, when…
Ver. 6. Sing praises. What jubilation is here, when five times over the whole earth is called upon to sing to God! He is worthy, he is Creator, he is goodness itself. Sing praises, keep on with the glad work. Never let the music pause. He never ceases to be good, let us never cease to be grateful. Strange that we should need so much urging to attend to so heavenly an exercise. Sing praises unto our King. Let him have all our praise; no one ought to have even a particle of it. Jesus shall have it all. Let his sovereignty be the fount of gladness. It is a sublime attribute, but full of bliss to the faithful. Let our homage be paid not in groans but songs. He asks not slaves to grace his throne; he is no despot; singing is fit homage for a monarch so blessed and gracious. Let all hearts that own his sceptre sing and sing on for ever, for there is everlasting reason for thanksgiving while we dwell under the shadow of such a throne.
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Ver. 6. The importance of holy song. The repetition rebukes our slackness, and implies that earnestness, frequency, delight, and universality should characterise the praises offered.
Psalms 47:7*
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to…
Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises
The phrase "sing praises" is repeated for emphasis. You may omit the repetition if it is awkward in your language. AT: "Sing, sing praises to God; sing, sing praises to our King" (See: Parallelism)
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