Psalms 92:3

92:3 to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre,

to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.

Psalms 95:1-2

Psalm 95¹

95:1 Come! Let’s sing for joy to the Lord!

Let’s shout out praises to our protector who delivers us!²

95:2 Let’s enter his presence³ with thanksgiving!

Let’s shout out to him in celebration!⁴

Psalms 149:1-3

Psalm 149⁵

149:1 Praise the Lord!

Sing to the Lord a new song!

Praise him in the assembly of the godly!⁶

149:2 Let Israel rejoice in their Creator!

Let the people⁷ of Zion delight in their king!⁸

149:3 Let them praise his name with dancing!

Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!

Mark 14:26

14:26 After singing a hymn,⁹ they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Ephesians 5:19

5:19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music¹⁰ in¹¹ your hearts to the Lord,

Colossians 3:16

3:16 Let the word of Christ¹² dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace¹³ in your hearts to God.

James 5:13

Prayer for the Sick

5:13 Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.

¹sn Psalm 95. The psalmist summons Israel to praise God as the creator of the world and the nation’s protector, but he also reminds the people not to rebel against God.

²tn Heb “to the rocky summit of our deliverance.”

³tn Heb “meet his face.”

⁴tn Heb “with songs of joy.”

⁵sn Psalm 149. The psalmist calls upon God’s people to praise him because he is just and avenges them.

⁶tn Heb “his praise in the assembly of the godly ones.”

⁷tn Heb “sons.”

⁸sn The Lord is the king here, as the parallelism in the previous line (“their creator”) indicates.

⁹sn After singing a hymn. The Hallel Psalms (Pss 113-118) were sung during the meal. Psalms 113 and 114 were sung just before the second cup and 115-118 were sung at the end of the meal, after the fourth, or hallel cup.

¹⁰tn See BDAG 1096 s.v. ψάλλω.

¹¹tn Or “with.”

¹²tc Since “the word of Christ” occurs nowhere else in the NT, two predictable variants arose: “word of God” and “word of the Lord.” Even though some of the witnesses for these variants are impressive (κυρίου [kuriou, “of the Lord”] in א* I 1175 pc bo; θεοῦ [qeou, “of God”] in A C* 33 104 323 945 al), the reading Χριστοῦ (Cristou, “of Christ”) is read by an excellent cross-section of witnesses (Ì⁴⁶ א² B C² D F G Ψ 075 1739 1881 Ï lat sa). On both internal and external grounds, Χριστοῦ is strongly preferred.

¹³tn Grk “with grace”; “all” is supplied as it is implicitly related to all the previous instructions in the verse.