2 Chronicles 5:13

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 3:12-13

3:12 Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders ³  – older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established ⁴  – were weeping loudly, ⁵  and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout. 3:13 People were unable to tell the difference between the sound of joyous shouting and the sound of the people’s weeping, for the people were shouting so loudly ⁶  that the sound was heard a long way off.

Nehemiah 12:42-43

12:42 and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam, and Ezer. The choirs sang loudly ⁷  under the direction of Jezrahiah. 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

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 95:1-2

Psalm 95 ¹⁰ 

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

Let’s shout out praises to our protector who delivers us! ¹¹ 

95:2 Let’s enter his presence ¹²  with thanksgiving!

Let’s shout out to him in celebration! ¹³ 

[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.”

[3:12]  ³ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[3:12]  ⁴ sn The temple had been destroyed some fifty years earlier by the Babylonians in 586 b.c.

[3:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “with a great voice.”

[3:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “a great shout.”

[12:42]  ⁷ tn Heb “caused to hear.”

[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.

[95:1]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to the rocky summit of our deliverance.”

[95:2]  ¹² tn Heb “meet his face.”

[95:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “with songs of joy.”