Psalms 144:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים שִׁ֣יר חָ֭דָשׁ אָשִׁ֣ירָה לָּ֑ךְ בְּנֵ֥בֶל עָ֝שׂ֗וֹר אֲזַמְּרָה־לָּֽךְ׃

Transliteration

ʾĔlōhîm, šîr ḥādāš ʾāšîrâ lāk, with bĕnēbel ʿāśôr ʾăzammĕrâ-lāk.

Grammar Details

• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun masculine plural - God/gods
• *šîr*: noun masculine singular - song
• *ḥādāš*: adjective masculine singular - new
• *ʾāšîrâ*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - I will sing
• *lāk*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you
• *bĕnēbel*: preposition + noun masculine singular - with harp/lyre
• *ʿāśôr*: noun masculine singular - ten-stringed (instrument)
• *ʾăzammĕrâ*: Piel imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - I will make music

Word Meanings

• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods (plural form used for the singular God)
• *šîr ḥādāš*: new song
• *ʾāšîrâ*: I will sing/let me sing
• *nēbel*: harp/lyre/stringed instrument
• *ʿāśôr*: ten-stringed (instrument)/decachord
• *ʾăzammĕrâ*: I will make music/play/sing psalms

Referenced Verses

• Ps 33:2-3 : 2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. 3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
• Ps 40:3 : 3 And he hath put{H8799)} a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see{H8799)} it, and fear{H8799)}, and shall trust{H8799)} in the LORD.
• Ps 81:1-3 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud{H8685)} unto God our strength: make a joyful noise{H8685)} unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take{H8798)} a psalm, and bring{H8798)} hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up{H8798)} the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
• Ps 98:1 : 1 A Psalm. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
• Ps 108:2-3 : 2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. 3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
• Ps 149:1 : 1 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
• Ps 150:3-5 : 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. 5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
• 1 Chr 25:1-6 : 1 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king. 3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD. 4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: 5 All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
• Rev 5:9-9 : 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
• Rev 14:3 : 3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.