Psalms 81:1
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
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 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.
Read in contextPsalms 66:1
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
Read in contextPsalms 100:1–2
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
Read in contextPhilippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Read in contextPsalms 8:1
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Read in contextPsalms 46:11
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Read in contextPsalms 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.
Read in contextPsalms 46:1–7
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
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