Psalms 66:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Sing joyfully to God, all the earth!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ שִׁ֣יר מִזְמ֑וֹר הָרִ֥יעוּ לֵ֝אלֹהִים כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

To the mənaṣṣēaḥ šîr mizmôr hārîʿû to ʾĕlōhîm all-the ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: preposition lamed + definite article + participle masculine singular - to the director/chief musician
• *šîr*: noun masculine singular construct - song of
• *mizmôr*: noun masculine singular - psalm/melody
• *hārîʿû*: verb hiphil imperative masculine plural - shout/make a joyful noise
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun masculine plural - God (despite plural form, treated as singular)
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun feminine singular - earth/land/ground

Word Meanings

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: choirmaster/director/chief musician/the one who leads
• *šîr*: song/musical piece
• *mizmôr*: psalm/composition with musical accompaniment
• *hārîʿû*: shout in triumph/make a joyful noise/raise a shout
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings
• *ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/territory/ground

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  To the chief Musician, A Song or alm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Make a joyful noise unto God, all you lands:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the Chief Musician. A Song, a Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  To the chief Musician{H8764)}, A Song or Psalm. Make a joyful noise{H8685)} unto God, all ye lands:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  O be ioyfull in God (all ye lodes) synge prayses vnto the honor of his name make his prayse to be glorious.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  To him that excelleth. A song or Psalme. Reioyce in God, all ye inhabitants of the earth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  To the chiefe musition, a song (whiche is) a psalme. Declare you ioyfull vnto the Lorde all ye of the earth:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ To the chief Musician, A Song [or] Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  > Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  To the Overseer. -- A Song, a Psalm. Shout ye to God, all the earth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  [For the Chief Musician. A Song, a Psalm]. Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  <To the chief music-maker. A Song. A Psalm.> Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the music director; a song, a psalm. Shout out praise to God, all the earth!

Referenced Verses

• Ps 100:1 : 1 A psalm of thanksgiving: Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth!
• Ps 81:1 : 1 For the director of music, on the Gittith, a psalm of Asaph.
• Ps 98:4 : 4 Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth; break forth with joyful singing and praises.
• Ps 95:1-2 : 1 Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
• Ps 96:1 : 1 Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
• 1 Chr 15:28 : 28 So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouts of joy, the sound of the ram's horn, trumpets, cymbals, and the music of harps and lyres.
• 1 Chr 16:23-24 : 23 Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day. 24 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
• Ps 117:1-2 : 1 Praise the LORD, all you nations; glorify Him, all you peoples. 2 For His steadfast love has prevailed over us, and the truth of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD!
• Ps 150:6 : 6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!
• Isa 24:16 : 16 From the ends of the earth, we hear songs: 'Glory to the Righteous One.' But I said, 'I perish, I perish, woe to me! The treacherous betray, with treachery the treacherous betray.'