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2 Chronicles 5:13

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5:13 The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the Lord, singing: 1  “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!” Then a cloud filled the Lord’s temple. 2 

Ezra 3:10-11

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3:10 When the builders established the Lord’s temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions, 3  and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the Lord according to the instructions left by 4  King David of Israel. 5  3:11 With antiphonal response they sang, 6  praising and glorifying the Lord:

“For he is good;

his loyal love toward Israel is forever.”

All the people gave a loud 7  shout as they praised the Lord when the temple of the Lord was established.

Nehemiah 12:43

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12:43 And on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from far away.

Psalms 81:1

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Psalm 81 8 

For the music director; according to the gittith style; 9  by Asaph.

81:1 Shout for joy to God, our source of strength!

Shout out to the God of Jacob!

Psalms 92:1-3

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Psalm 92 10 

A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day.

92:1 It is fitting 11  to thank the Lord,

and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One! 12 

92:2 It is fitting 13  to proclaim your loyal love in the morning,

and your faithfulness during the night,

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

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Psalm 95 14 

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

Let’s shout out praises to our protector who delivers us! 15 

Psalms 100:1

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Psalm 100 16 

A thanksgiving psalm.

100:1 Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth!

Jeremiah 33:11

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33:11 Once again there will be sounds 17  of joy and gladness and the glad celebrations of brides and grooms. 18  Once again people will bring their thank offerings to the temple of the Lord and will say, “Give thanks to the Lord who rules over all. For the Lord is good and his unfailing love lasts forever.” 19  For I, the Lord, affirm 20  that I will restore the land to what it was 21  in days of old.’ 22 

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[5:13]  1 tn Heb “like one were the trumpeters and the musicians, causing one voice to be heard, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, and while raising a voice with trumpets and with cymbals and with instruments of music, and while praising the Lord.”

[5:13]  2 tn Heb “and the house was filled with a cloud, the house of the Lord.”

[3:10]  3 sn This was a long, straight, metallic instrument used for signal calls, rather than the traditional ram’s horn (both instruments are typically translated “trumpet” by English versions).

[3:10]  4 tn Heb “according to the hands of.”

[3:10]  5 sn See Ps 107:1; 118:1, 29; 136:1. Cf. 2 Chr 5:13; 7:3; 20:21.

[3:11]  6 tn Heb “they answered.”

[3:11]  7 tn Heb “great.”

[81:1]  8 sn Psalm 81. The psalmist calls God’s people to assemble for a festival and then proclaims God’s message to them. The divine speech (vv. 6-16) recalls how God delivered the people from Egypt, reminds Israel of their rebellious past, expresses God’s desire for his people to obey him, and promises divine protection in exchange for obedience.

[81:1]  9 tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew term הַגִּתִּית (haggittit) is uncertain; it probably refers to a musical style or instrument. See the superscription to Ps 8.

[92:1]  10 sn Psalm 92. The psalmist praises God because he defeats the wicked and vindicates his loyal followers.

[92:1]  11 tn Or “good.”

[92:1]  12 tn Traditionally “O Most High.”

[92:2]  13 tn The words “it is fitting” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. Verses 1-3 are actually one long sentence in the Hebrew text, but this has been divided up into two shorter sentences in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style.

[95:1]  14 sn 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.

[95:1]  15 tn Heb “to the rocky summit of our deliverance.”

[100:1]  16 sn Psalm 100. The psalmist celebrates the fact that Israel has a special relationship to God and summons worshipers to praise the Lord for his faithfulness.

[33:11]  17 tn Heb33:10 Thus says the Lord, ‘There will again be heard in this place of which you are saying [masc. pl.], “It is a ruin without people and without animals,” [that is] in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem which are desolate without people and without inhabitants and without animals 33:11 the sound of….” The long run-on sentence in Hebrew has been broken down to better conform with contemporary English style.

[33:11]  18 sn What is predicted here is a reversal of the decimation caused by the Babylonian conquest that had been threatened in 7:34; 16:9; 25:10.

[33:11]  19 sn This is a common hymnic introduction to both individual songs of thanksgiving (e.g., Ps 118:1) and communal songs of thanksgiving (e.g., Ps 136 where it is a liturgical refrain accompanying a recital of Israel’s early history and of the Lord’s continuing providence).

[33:11]  20 tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[33:11]  21 tn Or “I will restore the fortunes of the land.”

[33:11]  22 tn This phrase simply means “as formerly” (BDB 911 s.v. רִאשׁוֹן 3.a). The reference to the “as formerly” must be established from the context. See the usage in Judg 20:32; 1 Kgs 13:6; Isa 1:26.



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