Psalms 95:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְ֭כוּ נְרַנְּנָ֣ה לַיהוָ֑ה נָ֝רִ֗יעָה לְצ֣וּר יִשְׁעֵֽנוּ

Transliteration

lekû nerannĕnâ to-YHWH nārîʿâ to-ṣûr yišʿēnû

Grammar Details

• *lekû*: imperative, masculine plural - come/go
• *nerannĕnâ*: cohortative, 1st person plural, piel - let us sing joyfully
• *YHWH*: proper name with prefixed preposition lamed - to/for YHWH
• *nārîʿâ*: cohortative, 1st person plural, hiphil - let us shout
• *ṣûr*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition lamed - to/for rock
• *yišʿēnû*: masculine singular noun with 1st person plural possessive suffix - our salvation

Word Meanings

• *lekû*: come/go
• *nerannĕnâ*: sing joyfully/make a joyful noise
• *nārîʿâ*: shout/make a loud noise/cry out
• *ṣûr*: rock/cliff/stronghold
• *yišʿēnû*: our salvation/our deliverance

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 22:47 : 47 Jehovah liveth; And blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
• Ps 81:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
• Ps 89:26 : 26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.
• Ps 96:1-2 : 1 Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song: Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth. 2 Sing unto Jehovah, bless his name; Show forth his salvation from day to day.
• Ps 98:4-8 : 4 Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all the earth: Break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises. 5 Sing praises unto Jehovah with the harp; With the harp and the voice of melody. 6 With trumpets and sound of cornet Make a joyful noise before the King, Jehovah. 7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein; 8 Let the floods clap their hands; Let the hills sing for joy together
• Ps 100:1 : 1 A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all ye lands.
• Ps 101:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. I will sing of lovingkindness and justice: Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I sing praises.
• Ps 107:8 : 8 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
• Ps 107:15 : 15 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
• Ps 107:21 : 21 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
• Ps 117:1 : 1 O praise Jehovah, all ye nations; Laud him, all ye peoples.
• Ps 118:1 : 1 Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; For he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
• Ps 136:1-3 : 1 Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; For he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever. 2 Oh give thanks unto the God of gods; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever. 3 Oh give thanks unto the Lord of lords; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:
• Ps 148:11-13 : 11 Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth; 12 Both young men and virgins; Old men and children: 13 Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For his name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
• Ps 150:6 : 6 Let everything that hath breath praise Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah.
• Isa 12:4-6 : 4 And in that day shall ye say, Give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name, declare his doings among the peoples, make mention that his name is exalted. 5 Sing unto Jehovah; for he hath done excellent things: let this be known in all the earth. 6 Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.
• Jer 33:11 : 11 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that say, Give thanks to Jehovah of hosts, for Jehovah is good, for his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; [and of them] that bring [sacrifices of] thanksgiving into the house of Jehovah. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, saith Jehovah.
• Matt 21:9 : 9 And the multitudes that went before him, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
• 1 Cor 10:4 : 4 and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.
• Eph 5:19 : 19 speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms [and] hymns [and] spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
• Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood [men] of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
• Rev 14:3 : 3 and they sing as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders: and no man could learn the song save the hundred and forty and four thousand, [even] they that had been purchased out of the earth.
• Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages.
• Rev 19:6 : 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth.
• 1 Chr 16:9 : 9 Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvellous works.
• Ezra 3:11-13 : 11 And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks unto Jehovah, [saying], For he is good, for his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Jehovah, because the foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid. 12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' [houses], the old men that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: 13 so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
• Ps 34:3 : 3 Oh magnify Jehovah with me, And let us exalt his name together.
• Ps 47:6-7 : 6 Sing praise to God, sing praises: Sing praises unto our King, sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the earth: Sing ye praises with understanding.
• Ps 66:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Song, a Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth: 2 Sing forth the glory of his name: Make his praise glorious.
• Ps 66:8 : 8 Oh bless our God, ye peoples, And make the voice of his praise to be heard;
• Exod 15:1 : 1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
• Exod 15:21 : 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously; The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
• Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.