Psalm 47:6
New International Version
Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.

New Living Translation
Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!

English Standard Version
Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

Berean Standard Bible
Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!

King James Bible
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

New King James Version
Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

New American Standard Bible
Sing praises to God, sing praises; Sing praises to our King, sing praises.

NASB 1995
Sing praises to God, sing praises; Sing praises to our King, sing praises.

NASB 1977
Sing praises to God, sing praises; Sing praises to our King, sing praises.

Legacy Standard Bible
Sing praises to God, sing praises; Sing praises to our King, sing praises.

Amplified Bible
Sing praises to God, sing praises; Sing praises to our King, sing praises.

Christian Standard Bible
Sing praise to God, sing praise; sing praise to our King, sing praise!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Sing praise to God, sing praise; sing praise to our King, sing praise!

American Standard Version
Sing praises to God, sing praises: Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Sing to God in glory! Sing to our King!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Sing praises to our God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises.

Contemporary English Version
Sing praises to God our King,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Sing praises to our God, sing ye: sing praises to our king, sing ye.

English Revised Version
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Make music to praise God. Play music for him! Make music to praise our king. Play music for him!

Good News Translation
Sing praise to God; sing praise to our king!

International Standard Version
Sing songs to God! Sing songs! Sing songs to our King! Sing songs!

JPS Tanakh 1917
Sing praises to God, sing praises; Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

Literal Standard Version
Praise God—praise—give praise to our king, praise.

Majority Standard Bible
Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!

New American Bible
Sing praise to God, sing praise; sing praise to our king, sing praise.

NET Bible
Sing to God! Sing! Sing to our king! Sing!

New Revised Standard Version
Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.

New Heart English Bible
Sing praise to God, sing praises. Sing praises to our King, sing praises.

Webster's Bible Translation
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises.

World English Bible
Sing praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises to our King! Sing praises!

Young's Literal Translation
Praise God -- praise -- give praise to our king, praise.

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Context
Clap Your Hands, All You Peoples
5God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn. 6Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises! 7For God is King of all the earth; sing profound praises to Him.…

Cross References
Psalm 68:4
Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds--His name is the LORD--and rejoice before Him.

Psalm 68:25
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.

Psalm 89:18
Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 149:2
Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.


Treasury of Scripture

Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises.

to God

Psalm 96:1,2
O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth…

Psalm 117:1-2
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people…

Psalm 149:1-3
Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints…

our King

Psalm 145:1
David's Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

Isaiah 33:22
For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.

Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

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Psalm 47
1. The nations are exhorted cheerfully to entertain the kingdom of Christ.














(6) Sing praises.--Better, Strike the harp.

Verse 6. - 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.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Sing praises
זַמְּר֣וּ (zam·mə·rū)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 2167: Play, to make music, celebrate in song and music

to God,
אֱלֹהִ֣ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

sing praises;
זַמֵּ֑רוּ (zam·mê·rū)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 2167: Play, to make music, celebrate in song and music

sing praises
זַמְּר֖וּ (zam·mə·rū)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 2167: Play, to make music, celebrate in song and music

to our King,
לְמַלְכֵּ֣נוּ (lə·mal·kê·nū)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 4428: A king

sing praises!
זַמֵּֽרוּ׃ (zam·mê·rū)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 2167: Play, to make music, celebrate in song and music


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