Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob.
New American Standard Bible
For the choir director;
Shout
King James Version
{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.
Holman Bible
For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.
International Standard Version
Sing joyfully to God, our strength. Raise a shout to the God of Jacob.
A Conservative Version
Sing aloud to God our strength. Make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
American Standard Version
Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Amplified
Shout for joy to the God of Jacob (Israel).
Darby Translation
{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;
Julia Smith Translation
To the overseer upon the stringed instrument; to Asaph. Rejoice ye in God our strength: shout to the God of Jacob.
King James 2000
[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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Shout out to God our strength; shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.
Modern King James verseion
To the Chief Musician. On Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{To the Chanter, upon Gittith, of Asaph} Sing merrily unto God, our strength; make a cheerful noise unto 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 Heart English Bible
Sing aloud to God, our strength. Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.
The Emphasized Bible
Shout ye for joy, unto God our strength, Sound the note of triumph, to the God of Jacob;
Webster
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
Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!
Youngs Literal Translation
To the Overseer. -- 'On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.
References
American
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 81:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Obedience
1 Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob. 2 Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 66:1
Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth:
Psalm 8:1
O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!
Genesis 50:17
You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping.
Psalm 18:1-2
I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength.
Psalm 28:7
The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.
Psalm 33:1-3
Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.
Psalm 46:1-7
God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:11
The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
Psalm 52:7
See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself
Psalm 67:4
O let the nations be glad, and make song of joy; for you will be the judge of the peoples in righteousness, guiding the nations of the earth. (Selah.)
Psalm 100:1-2
Make a glad sound to the Lord, all the earth.
Jeremiah 31:7
For the Lord has said, Make a glad song for Jacob and give a cry on the top of the mountains: give the news, give praise, and say, The Lord has given salvation to his people, even to the rest of Israel.
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.
Philippians 4:13
I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.