Psalms 65:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

To him that excelleth. A Psalme or song of Dauid. O God, praise waiteth for thee in Zion, and vnto thee shall the vowe be perfourmed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ מִזְמ֗וֹר לְדָוִ֥ד שִֽׁיר

Transliteration

To-the-mənaṣṣēaḥ mizmôr to-dāwid šîr

Grammar Details

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: noun, masculine singular with prefixed preposition lamed (to/for) - director/chief musician
• *mizmôr*: noun, masculine singular - psalm/song
• *dāwid*: proper noun with prefixed preposition lamed (to/for) - David
• *šîr*: noun, masculine singular - song

Word Meanings

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: chief musician/choir director/overseer
• *mizmôr*: psalm/melody/musical composition
• *šîr*: song/hymn/musical piece

Referenced Verses

• Ps 62:1 : 1 To the excellent musician Ieduthun. A Psalme of Dauid. Yet my soule keepeth silence vnto God: of him commeth my saluation.
• Ps 76:11 : 11 Vowe and performe vnto the Lorde your God, all ye that be rounde about him: let them bring presents vnto him that ought to be feared.
• Ps 116:17-18 : 17 I will offer to thee a sacrifice of prayse, and will call vpon the Name of the Lord. 18 I will pay my vowes vnto the Lorde, euen nowe in the presence of all his people,
• Ps 78:68-69 : 68 But chose the tribe of Iudah, and mount Zion which he loued. 69 And he built his Sanctuarie as an high palace, like the earth, which he stablished for euer.
• Ps 76:2 : 2 For in Shalem is his Tabernacle, and his dwelling in Zion.
• 1 Chr 11:7 : 7 And Dauid dwelt in the tower: therefore they called it the citie of Dauid.
• 1 Chr 15:29 : 29 And when the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde came into the citie of Dauid, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at a windowe, and sawe King Dauid dauncing and playing, and she despised him in her heart.
• 1 Chr 16:41-42 : 41 And with them were Heman, and Ieduthun, and the rest that were chosen (which were appointed by names) to praise the Lorde, because his mercie endureth for euer. 42 Euen with them were Heman & Ioduthun, to make a sound with the cornets and with the cymbales, with excellent instruments of musicke: and the sonnes of Ieduthun were at the gate.
• 1 Chr 25:1-9 : 1 So Dauid and the captaines of the armie separated for the ministerie the sonnes of Asaph, and Heman, and Ieduthun, who should sing prophesies with harpes, with violes, and with cymbales, and their nomber was euen of the men for the office of their ministerie, to wit, 2 Of the sonnes of Asaph, Zaccur, and Ioseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah the sonnes of Asaph were vnder the hand of Asaph, which sang prophesies by the commission of the King. 3 Of Ieduthun, the sonnes of Ieduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Ieshaiah, Ashabiah and Mattithiah, six, vnder the hands of their father: Ieduthun sang prophecies with an harpe, for to giue thankes and to praise the Lorde. 4 Of Heman, the sonnes of Heman, Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Vzziel, Shebuel, and Ierimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Ioshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. 5 All these were the sonnes of Heman, the Kings Seer in the wordes of God to lift vp the horne: and God gaue to Heman fourtene sonnes and three daughters. 6 All these were vnder the hande of their father, singing in the house of the Lorde with cymbales, violes and harpes, for the seruice of the house of God, and Asaph, and Ieduthun, and Heman were at the Kings commandement. 7 So was their nomber with their brethre that were instruct in ye songs of the Lord, euen of al that were cunning, two hundreth foure score & eight. 8 And they cast lottes, charge against charge, aswel small as great, the cunning man as the scholer. 9 And the first lot fell to Ioseph which was of Asaph, the second, to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and his sonnes were twelue. 10 The third, to Zaccur, he, his sonnes and his brethren were twelue. 11 The fourth, to Izri, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 12 The fift, to Nethaniah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 13 The sixt, to Bukkiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 14 The seuenth, to Iesharelah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 15 The eight, to Ieshaiah, he, his sonnes & his brethren twelue. 16 The ninth, to Mattaniah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 17 The tenth, to Shimei, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 18 The eleuenth, to Azareel, he, his sonnes & his brethren twelue. 19 The twelft, to Ashabiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 20 The thirteenth, to Shubael, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 21 The fourtenth, to Mattithiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 22 The fifteenth, to Ierimoth, he, his sonnes & his brethren twelue. 23 The sixteenth, to Hananiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 24 The seuenteenth, to Ioshbekashah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 25 The eighteenth, to Hanani, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 26 The ninteenth, to Mallothi, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 27 The twentieth, to Eliathah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 28 The one and twentieth, to Hothir, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 29 The two and twentieth, to Giddalti, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 30 The three & twentieth, to Mahazioth, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 31 The foure & twentieth, to Romamti-ezer, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.
• Ps 21:13 : 13 Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy strength: so will we sing and prayse thy power.
• Ps 56:12 : 12 Thy vowes are vpon me, O God: I will render prayses vnto thee.
• Ps 115:1-2 : 1 Not vnto vs, O Lord, not vnto vs, but vnto thy Name giue the glorie, for thy louing mercie and for thy truethes sake. 2 Wherefore shall the heathen say, Where is nowe their God?
• Rev 14:1-3 : 1 Then I looked, and lo, a Lambe stood on mount Sion, and with him an hundreth, fourtie and foure thousand, hauing his Fathers Name written in their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voyce from heauen, as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of a great thunder: and I heard the voyce of harpers harping with their harpes. 3 And they sung as it were a newe song before the throne, and before the foure beasts, and the Elders: and no man could learne that song, but the hundreth, fourtie and foure thousand, which were bought from the earth.