Psalm 81:1
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Praise God, our Champion, and cry to 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.

Contemporary English Version
Be happy and shout to God who makes us strong! Shout praises to the God of Jacob.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself. Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud 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.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For the Leader; upon the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength; Shout unto the God of Jacob.

Literal Standard Version
TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. BY ASAPH. Cry aloud to God our strength, | 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.

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!

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 Revised Standard Version
Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy 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!

Young's Literal Translation
To the Overseer. -- 'On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Sing for Joy to God, Our Strength
1For 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
Psalm 21:13
Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.

Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

Psalm 51:14
Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

Psalm 59:16
But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.

Psalm 66:1
Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!

Psalm 84:5
Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

Psalm 84:8
O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah


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.

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Psalm 81
1. An exhortation to a solemn praising of God
4. God challenges that duty by reason of his benefits
8. God, exhorting to obedience, complains of their disobedience, which proves their own hurt.














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


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