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Psalms 92:1

A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

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A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High;

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy Name, O most High:

92:2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, every: Heb. in the nights

What does Psalms 92:1 mean?

Psalms 92:1 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מִזְמוֹר (mizmôwr), שִׁיר (shîyr), שַׁבָּת (shabbâth).

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A
Psalmמִזְמוֹרmizmôwr/miz-more'/H4210properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
or
Songשִׁירshîyr/sheer/H7892a song; abstractly, singing
for
the
sabbathשַׁבָּתshabbâth/shab-bawth'/H7676intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
day.יוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
It
is
a
goodטוֹבṭôwb/tobe/H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
thing
to
give
thanksיָדָהyâdâh/yaw-daw'/H3034physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
unto
the
LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
and
to
sing
praisesזָמַרzâmar/zaw-mar'/H2167play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music
unto
thy
name,שֵׁםshêm/shame/H8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
O
most
High:עֶלְיוֹןʻelyôwn/el-yone'/H5945an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 92:1.

2 Chronicles 5:13

It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;

2 Chronicles 7:6

And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. by their: Heb. by their hand

2 Samuel 22:50

Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.

Genesis 1:18

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis 2:17

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. thou shalt surely: Heb. dying thou shalt die

Genesis 2:18

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet: Heb. as before him

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

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What does Psalms 92:1 say?

Psalms 92:1 (King James Version) reads: "A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:"

Is Psalms 92:1 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 92:1 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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