King James Version

Psalms 47:6

Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 47:7.

זַמְּר֣וּzamrvgive praiseזָמַרverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “give praise”, a commandH2167play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and musicgive praise, sing forth praises, psalms.אֱלֹהִ֣יםelohimGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.זַמֵּ֑רוּzamervgive praiseזָמַרverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “give praise”, a commandH2167play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and musicgive praise, sing forth praises, psalms.זַמְּר֖וּzamrvgive praiseזָמַרverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “give praise”, a commandH2167play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and musicgive praise, sing forth praises, psalms.לְמַלְכֵּ֣נוּlemalkenvto kingמֶלֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “to king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4428a kingking, royal.זַמֵּֽרוּzamervgive praiseזָמַרverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “give praise”, a commandH2167play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and musicgive praise, sing forth praises, psalms.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(47-7) Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Sing praises to God, sing praises: Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

Young’s Literal Translation

Praise God — praise — give praise to our king, praise.

World English Bible

Sing praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises to our King! Sing praises!

Darby Translation

Sing psalms of God, sing psalms; sing psalms unto our King, sing psalms!

Douay-Rheims

So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(47-7) Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Sing praises to our God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ψάλατε τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν, ψάλατε· ψάλατε τῷ βασιλεῖ ἡμῶν, ψάλατε.