Psalms 98:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.”
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BSBPD
“Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Sing praises unto Jehovah with the harp; With the harp and the voice of melody.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Sing to Jehovah with harp, With harp, and voice of praise,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 98:5 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 15:16David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
- 1 Chronicles 15:28So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.
- 1 Chronicles 25:1Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
- 2 Chronicles 29:25Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
- Psalms 33:2Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
- Psalms 71:22So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
- Psalms 92:3with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
- Psalms 147:7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,
- Isaiah 51:3For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
- Revelation 5:8When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
- Revelation 14:2And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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