Psalms 81:1
Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
2 Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- 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.
- 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.
- DARBY
- {To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph.} Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob;
- BLB
- For the one directing. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> Ring out [praise] to God our strength; shout [for joy] to the God of Jacob!
- ÅB
- Juble for Gud, vår styrke, rop med glede for Jakobs Gud!
- OTB
- Syng med glede for Gud, vår styrke;
Rop med fryd til Jakobs Gud. - B1930
- Juble for Gud, vår styrke, rop med glede for Jakobs Gud!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 31:7
For 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!’
Read in contextPsalms 66:1
Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!
Read in contextPsalms 100:1–2
Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.
Read in contextPhilippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
Read in contextPsalms 8:1
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
Read in contextPsalms 46:11
The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Read in contextPsalms 28:7
The 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.
Read in contextPsalms 46:1–7
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
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