'Sing' in the Bible

Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, singing,“I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously;The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea.

Miriam answered them,“Sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously and is highly exalted;The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.”

Then Israel sang this song,“Spring up, O well! Sing to it,

That is why those who use proverbs say,“Come to Heshbon,Let the city of Sihon be built and established.

“Hear, O kings; listen, O rulers!I will sing to the Lord,I will sing praise to the Lord, the God of Israel.

The servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing in praise of this one as they danced, saying,‘Saul has slain his thousands,And David his ten thousands’?”

“For this I will give thanks and praise You, O Lord, among the nations;I will sing praises to Your name.

Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;Speak of all His wonders.

Sing to the Lord, all the earth;Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.

Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the Lord;For He comes to judge and govern the earth.

When he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who sang to the Lord and those who praised Him in their holy (priestly) attire, as they went out before the army and said, “Praise and give thanks to the Lord, for His mercy and lovingkindness endure forever.”

When they began singing and praising, the Lord set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; so they were struck down [in defeat].

Also King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to exclaim praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they exclaimed praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped.

“They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyreAnd rejoice to the sound of the flute.

“The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me,And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

But let all who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice,Let them ever sing for joy;Because You cover and shelter them,Let those who love Your name be joyful and exult in You.

I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness and justice,And I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

I will rejoice and exult in you;I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;Declare among the peoples His [great and wondrous] deeds.

I will sing to the Lord,Because He has dealt bountifully with me.

Therefore will I give thanks and praise You, O Lord, among the nations,And sing praises to Your name.

Be exalted, Lord, in Your strength;We will sing and praise Your power.

And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,In His tent I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy;I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

Sing to the Lord, O you His godly ones,And give thanks at the mention of His holy name.

That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;Sing praises to Him with the harp of ten strings.

Sing to Him a new song;Play skillfully [on the strings] with a loud and joyful sound.

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

For God is the King of all the earth;Sing praises in a skillful psalm and with understanding.

Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast and confident!I will sing, yes, I will sing praises [to You]!

I will praise and give thanks to You, O Lord, among the people;I will sing praises to You among the nations.

O [God] my strength, I will watch for You;For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower].

But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power;Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning;For You have been my strongholdAnd a refuge in the day of my distress.

To You, O [God] my strength, I will sing praises;For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower], the God who shows me [steadfast] lovingkindness.

So I will sing praise to Your name forever,Paying my vows day by day.

By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;

The meadows are clothed with flocksAnd the valleys are covered with grain;They shout for joy and they sing.

Sing of the honor and glory and magnificence of His name;Make His praise glorious.

“All the earth will [bow down to] worship You [in submissive wonder],And will sing praises to You;They will praise Your name in song.” Selah.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,For You will judge the people fairlyAnd guide the nations on earth. Selah.

Sing to God, sing praises to His name;Lift up a song for Him who rides through the desert—His name is the Lord—be in good spirits before Him.

Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth,Sing praises to the Lord! Selah.

To Him who rides in the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,Behold, He sends out His voice, a mighty and majestic voice.

I will also praise You with the harp,Your truth and faithfulness, O my God;To You I will sing praises with the lyre,O Holy One of Israel.

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You,And my soul, which You have redeemed.

But as for me, I will declare it and rejoice forever;I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

Sing aloud to God our strength;Shout for joy to the God of Jacob (Israel).

My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the Lord;My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

I will sing of the goodness and lovingkindness of the Lord forever;With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.

It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord,To sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your works;At the works of Your hands I joyfully sing.

O come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord;Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.

O sing to the Lord a new song;Sing to the Lord, all the earth!

Sing to the Lord, bless His name;Proclaim good news of His salvation from day to day.

Let the field be exultant, and all that is in it.Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

O sing to the Lord a new song,For He has done marvelous and wonderful things;His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him.

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;Shout [in jubilation] and sing for joy and sing praises.

Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,With the lyre and the sound of melody.

Let the rivers clap their hands;Let the mountains sing together for joy and delight

I will sing of [steadfast] lovingkindness and justice;To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.

Beside them the birds of the heavens have their nests;They lift up their voices and sing among the branches.

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;Speak of all His wonderful acts and devoutly praise them.

O God, my heart is steadfast [with confident faith];I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.

I will praise and give thanks to You, O Lord, among the people;And I will sing praises to You among the nations.

Let my tongue sing [praise for the fulfillment] of Your word,For all Your commandments are righteous.

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;Sing praises to His name, for it is gracious and lovely.

For there they who took us captive demanded of us a song with words,And our tormentors [who made a mockery of us demanded] amusement, saying,“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

How can we sing the Lord’s songIn a strange and foreign land?

I will give You thanks with all my heart;I sing praises to You before the [pagan] gods.

Yes, they will sing of the ways of the Lord [joyfully celebrating His wonderful acts],For great is the glory and majesty of the Lord.

I will sing a new song to You, O God;Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,

They will overflow [like a fountain] when they speak of Your great and abundant goodnessAnd will sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

While I live I will praise the Lord;I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.

Praise the Lord!For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God;Praise is becoming and appropriate.

Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;Sing praises to our God with the lyre,

Praise the Lord!Sing to the Lord a new song,And praise Him in the congregation of His godly ones (believers).

Let them praise His name with dancing;Let them sing praises to Him with the tambourine and lyre.

Let the godly ones exult in glory;Let them sing for joy on their beds.

Now let me sing for my greatly Beloved [Lord]A song of my Beloved about His vineyard (His chosen people).My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile slope (the promised land, Canaan).

Sing praises to the Lord, for He has done excellent and glorious things;Let this be known throughout the earth.

Now in that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the prostitute’s song:

Take a harp, walk around the city,O forgotten prostitute;Play the strings skillfully, sing many songs,That you may be remembered.

Your dead will live;Their dead bodies will rise.You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy!For your dew is a dew of [celestial] light [heavenly, supernatural],And the earth will give birth to the spirits of the dead.

In that day [it will be said of the redeemed nation of Israel],“A vineyard of wine, sing in praise of it!

Then the lame will leap like a deer,And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.For waters will break forth in the wildernessAnd streams in the desert.

“The Lord is ready to save me;Therefore we will play my songs on stringed instrumentsAll the days of our lives at the house of the Lord.”

Sing to the Lord a new song,Sing His praise from the end of the earth!You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,You islands and coastlands, and those who inhabit them [sing His praise]!

Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices,The villages where Kedar lives.Let the inhabitants of Sela shout for joy,Let them shout joyfully from the tops of the mountains.

Shout for joy, O heavens, for the Lord has done it!Shout in triumph, you depths of the earth;Break forth into jubilant rejoicing, you mountains,O forest, and every tree in it!For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,And He shows His glory in Israel.

Shout for joy, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth,And break forth into singing, O mountains!For the Lord has comforted His peopleAnd will have compassion on His afflicted.

Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices,Together they shout for joy;For they will see face to faceThe return of the Lord to Zion.

Break forth, shout joyfully together,You ruins of Jerusalem;For the Lord has comforted His people,He has redeemed Jerusalem.

“Shout for joy, O barren one, she who has not given birth;Break forth into joyful shouting and rejoice, she who has not gone into labor [with child]!For the [spiritual] sons of the desolate one will be more numerousThan the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.

“Indeed, My servants will shout for joy from a happy heart,But you will cry out with a heavy heart,And you shall wail and howl from a broken spirit.

Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord!For He has rescued the life of the needy oneFrom the hand of evildoers.

For thus says the Lord,“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,And shout for the first and foremost of the nations [the chosen people, Israel];Proclaim, give praise and say,‘O Lord save Your people,The remnant of Israel!’

“They will come and sing aloud and shout for joy on the height of Zion,And will be radiant [with joy] over the goodness of the Lord—For the grain, for the new wine, for the oil,And for the young of the flock and the herd.And their life will be like a watered garden,And they shall never sorrow or languish again.

the [sound of the] voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the [song-filled] voice of those who say,“Give praise and thanks to the Lord of hosts,For the Lord is good;For His [steadfast] lovingkindness (mercy) endures forever”;and of those who bring a thank offering into the house of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says the Lord.