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Psalm 33:3
Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy!
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A new song and a shout of joy make praise sound fresh and full of life, while skill gives that joy careful expression.
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Psalm 40:3He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.Both speak of a new song of praise to God; Psalm 40 describes God putting that song in the singer’s mouth.
Psalm 149:1Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints.Both command a new song to the Lord, and Psalm 149 names the assembly of the saints as its setting.
Psalm 96:1Sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth.Both command a new song to the Lord; Psalm 96 extends that command to all the earth.
Psalm 98:1A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.Both command a new song, while Psalm 98 names God’s marvelous deeds and saving work as reasons to sing.
Revelation 5:9They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every …A new song connects these passages; Revelation’s song praises the one who was killed and bought people for God with his blood.
Isaiah 42:10Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.Both command a new song to the Lord, with Isaiah naming distant shores and seafarers among those who praise him.
Ephesians 5:19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;Both direct song to the Lord; Ephesians also describes believers addressing one another through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.
Revelation 14:3They sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four …Both speak of a new song; Revelation locates the singing before the throne and identifies the singers as people redeemed from the earth.
1 Chronicles 25:7The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to the LORD, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.Both connect musical skill with praise to the Lord; Chronicles describes singers who had received instruction.
1 Chronicles 13:8David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with cymbals, and with …Music offered to God connects these passages, with Psalm 33 urging skill and Chronicles describing wholehearted playing.
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in …Both direct singing to the Lord; Colossians also connects song with teaching and admonishing one another.
1 Chronicles 15:22Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skillful.Musical skill is shared ground: Psalm 33 commands skilled playing, while Chronicles names Chenaniah’s skill as the reason he taught singers.
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Your care in making music has a place in praise, as does a shout of joy. Both are directed to the Lord, whose work is done in faithfulness.
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