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Psalms 144:9

144:8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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.

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I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.

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.

I will sing a new song to you, O God: on a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises to you.

144:10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. salvation: or, victory

What does Psalms 144:9 mean?

Psalms 144:9 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שִׁיר (shîyr), חָדָשׁ (châdâsh), אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym).

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I
will
singשִׁירshîyr/sheer/H7891to sing
a
newחָדָשׁchâdâsh/khaw-dawsh'/H2319new
songשִׁירshîyr/sheer/H7892a song; abstractly, singing
unto
thee,
O
God:אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods 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 superlative
upon
a
psalteryנֶבֶלnebel/neh'-bel/H5035a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
and
an
instrument
of
ten
stringsעָשׂוֹרʻâsôwr/aw-sore'/H6218ten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord
will
I
sing
praisesזָמַרzâmar/zaw-mar'/H2167play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music
unto
thee.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 144:9.

1 Chronicles 15:16

And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

Psalms 33:2

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

1 Chronicles 13:8

And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. singing: Heb. songs

1 Chronicles 16:9

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.

1 Chronicles 25:6

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. according: Heb. by the hands of the king

1 Kings 10:12

And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. pillars: or, rails: Heb. a prop

2 Chronicles 23:13

And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. Treason: Heb. Conspiracy

2 Chronicles 29:28

And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. singers: Heb. song

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What does Psalms 144:9 say?

Psalms 144:9 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Psalms 144:9 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 144:9 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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