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Psalm 147:7

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,

5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
6The LORD upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,
8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
9He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.
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Notice

The harp and the repeated command to sing give thanksgiving an audible form: gratitude becomes music addressed to God.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Ephesians 5:19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;Both passages direct song to the Lord, with the psalm naming the harp and Ephesians naming melody in the heart.
Psalm 95:1–2Oh come, let’s sing to the LORD. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!Both passages urge singing to the Lord, making praise something expressed aloud.
Revelation 7:12saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”Thanksgiving is directed to God in both passages, sung in the psalm and spoken among words of honor in Revelation.
Psalm 47:6–7Sing praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises to our King! Sing praises!Both passages repeat the command to sing praises, keeping God as the one to whom the song belongs.
Psalm 68:32Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord— Selah—Both passages command singing praise to God; Psalm 68 names the kingdoms of the earth as those addressed.
Psalm 92:1–3A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, Most High,Both passages join giving thanks to the Lord with singing his praise.
Revelation 5:8–10Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full …Harps appear in both passages: accompanying praise to God in the psalm and held by those bowing before the Lamb.
Exodus 15:20–21Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.Both passages feature musical instruments, though the psalm commands thanksgiving and the Exodus excerpt describes Miriam and the women with tambourines.
Revelation 14:2I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on …The harp links these texts: an instrument for praise in the psalm and a comparison for the heavenly sound in Revelation.
Where this verse fits

Gratitude. praise and worship.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Sing one song of thanks to God

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Encouragement

Your thanks have someone to address. The Lord praised here is the one who sends rain and feeds the ravens; his care is cause for song.

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