Psalms 81:1

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“Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.”

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BSBPD

“Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“To the Overseer. --`On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 81:1 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 50:17‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
  2. 1 Chronicles 6:17These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
  3. Psalms 8:1O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
  4. Psalms 18:1I love You, O LORD, my strength.
  5. Psalms 28:7The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
  6. Psalms 33:1Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.
  7. Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
  8. Psalms 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
  9. Psalms 50:1The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
  10. Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
  11. Psalms 66:1Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!
  12. Psalms 67:4Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the nations of the earth. Selah
  13. Psalms 100:1Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.
  14. Jeremiah 31:7For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’
  15. Matthew 22:32‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
  16. Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

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