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OET (OET-RV) Praise Yahweh.
⇔ Sing a new song to Yahweh.
⇔ Praise him in the assembly of the faithful ones.

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἀλληλούϊα.
¶ Ἄσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ᾆσμα καινόν· ἡ αἴνεσις αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ὁσίων.
( Allaʸlouia.
¶ Asate tōi Kuriōi asma kainon; haʸ ainesis autou en ekklaʸsia hosiōn. )

BrTr Alleluia.
¶ Sing to the Lord a new song: his praise is in the assembly of the saints.

ULT Praise Yahweh.
⇔ Sing to Yahweh a new song – his praise in the assembly of the faithful ones.

UST ⇔ Praise Yahweh!
⇔ Sing a new song to Yahweh;
⇔ praise him whenever his faithful people gather together!

BSB Hallelujah Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise in the assembly of the godly.
⇔ 

OEB Hallelujah.
⇔ Sing to the Lord a new song,
⇔ sound his praise where the faithful are gathered.

WEBBE Praise the LORD![fn]
⇔ Sing to the LORD a new song,
⇔ his praise in the assembly of the saints.

149:1 LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.

WMBB Praise the LORD!
⇔ Sing to the LORD a new song,
⇔ his praise in the assembly of the holy ones.

NET Praise the Lord!
⇔ Sing to the Lord a new song!
⇔ Praise him in the assembly of the godly!

LSV Praise YAH! Sing to YHWH a new song,
His praise in an assembly of saints.

FBV Praise the Lord! Sing a new song to the Lord! Praise him wherever his faithful followers gather!

T4T Praise Yahweh!
⇔ Sing a new song to Yahweh,
⇔ praise him whenever his faithful people gather together!

LEB No LEB PSA book available

BBE Let the Lord be praised. Make a new song to the Lord, let his praise be in the meeting of his saints.

Moff Hallelujah.
⇔ Sing a new song to the Eternal,
⇔ praise him where his faithful gather;

JPS Hallelujah. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and His praise in the assembly of the saints.

ASV Praise ye Jehovah.
⇔ Sing unto Jehovah a new song,
⇔ And his praise in the assembly of the saints.

DRA Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: let his praise be in the church of the saints.

YLT Praise ye Jah! Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, His praise in an assembly of saints.

Drby Hallelujah! Sing unto Jehovah a new song; [sing] his praise in the congregation of the [fn]godly.

149.1 Elohim

RV Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the assembly of the saints.
(Praise ye/you_all the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the assembly of the saints. )

SLT Praise ye Jah. Sing to Jehovah a new song, his praise in the convocation of his godly ones.

Wbstr Praise ye the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.

KJB-1769 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.[fn]
(Praise ye/you_all the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. )

149.1 Praise…: Heb. Hallelujah

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Praise yee the LORD: Sing vnto the LORD a new song: and his prayse in the Congregation of Saints.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

149:1 Heb. Halleluiah.

Bshps No Bshps PSA book available

Gnva Praise ye the Lord. Sing ye vnto the Lord a newe song: let his prayse be heard in the Congregation of Saints.
(Praise ye/you_all the Lord. Sing ye/you_all unto the Lord a new song: let his praise be heard in the Congregation of Saints. )

Cvdl No Cvdl PSA book available

Wycl No Wycl PSA book available

Luth No Luth PSA book available

ClVg Alleluja. [Cantate Domino canticum novum; laus ejus in ecclesia sanctorum.[fn]
(Alleluya. [Cantate Master a_song novum; laus his in/into/on assembly/church holy_place. )

149.1 Alleluia. CAS. Post omnes creaturas quas in præcedenti psalmo monuit laudare Deum, eo quod ab ipso creatæ sunt, hic proprius et specialius Isræl invitat ad novum canticum pro novitate sibi facta, quæ mirabilior est Dei operatio: hæc est sanctificatio Isræl, per quam de veteri factus est novus. Cantate Domino, etc. CAS. Primo multis modis monet laudare regem qui eis benevolus et beneficus. Secundo agit de gaudiis sanctorum, ibi, Exsultabunt. AUG. Qui vult cantare hoc canticum, diligat æterna, ut fiat novus. Vetus enim homo vetus canticum cantat de terrenis. Novus homo novum cantat de spiritualibus; canticum scilicet pacis, canticum charitatis et jucunditatis. Quisquis enim sequitur veterem animositatem, non novam charitatem, novum canticum non cantat. Laus ejus in Ecclesia. CAS. Hic ubi et a quibus cantari debeat hoc canticum determinat.

149.1 Alleluia. CAS. After everyone creaturas which in/into/on they_will_precedei psalmo monuit praisere God, by_him that away himself creatæ are, this/here proprius and specialius Israel invites to new a_song for he_knowsate to_himself facts, which mirabilior it_is of_God workedo: these_things it_is sanctification Israel, through how from/about veteri became it_is novus. Cantate Master, etc. CAS. At_first many in_ways advises praisere the_king who to_them benevolus and benefig_tree. Secondly acts from/about gaudiis holy_place, there, Exsultabunt. AUG. Who wants cantare this a_song, diligat eternal, as fiat novus. Old because human vetus a_song cantat from/about terrenis. Novus human new cantat from/about in_spiritalibus; a_song namely of_peace, a_song charitatis and yucunditatis. Quisquis because follows veterem in_mindsitatem, not/no new charity, new a_song not/no cantat. Praise his in/into/on Assembly/Church. CAS. Here/This where and from to_whom cantari debeat this a_song determinat.

RP-GNT No RP-GNT PSA book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / pronouns

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(Some words not found in UHB: praise Yah sing to/for=YHWH song new praise_of,his in/on/at/with,assembly_of faithful )

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The psalmist is speaking to all of God’s people, so you should use the plural command form if your language has one. Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: writing-poetry and figs-parallelism)

a new song

(Some words not found in UHB: praise Yah sing to/for=YHWH song new praise_of,his in/on/at/with,assembly_of faithful )

This could mean: (1) “a song you have never sung before” or (2) a song no one has ever sung before.

sing his praise

(Some words not found in UHB: praise Yah sing to/for=YHWH song new praise_of,his in/on/at/with,assembly_of faithful )

Alternate translation: “praise him with songs”

Parallel PSA 149:1

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