Lexicon :: Strong's H7891 - šîr

Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this [fn]song to the LORD, singing,

“I will sing to the LORD, for He has triumphed gloriously;

The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea.

“Sing to the LORD, for He has triumphed gloriously and is highly exalted;

The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.”

Then Israel sang this song,

“Spring up, O well! Sing to it,

Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,

“Hear, O kings; listen, O rulers!

I will sing to the LORD,

I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.

As they were coming [home], when David returned from killing the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul with tambourines, [songs of] joy, and [fn]musical instruments.

Now these are the singers, heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites, living in the temple chambers, free from other service because they were on duty day and night.

Then David told the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives as the singers, with instruments of music—harps, lyres, and cymbals—to play loudly and to raise sounds of joy [with their voices].

Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;

Speak of all His wonders.

Sing to the LORD, all the earth;

Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.

So the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants settled in their [own] cities, and all Israel [gradually settled] into their cities.

Of the singers: Eliashib; and of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.

Now when the wall had been rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites had been appointed,

So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, along with all Israel, lived in their cities.

And when the seventh month came, the sons (descendants) of Israel (Jacob) were in their cities.

Now the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all those who had knowledge and understanding—

The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, from Asaph’s sons, who were the singers in regard to the work of the house of God.

I also discovered that the portions due the Levites had not been given to them, so that the Levites and the singers who did the work had gone away, each one back to his own field.

“Remember that you should magnify God’s work,

Of which men have sung.

An [fn]Ode of David, [perhaps in a wild, irregular, enthusiastic strain,] which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.

O LORD my God, in You I take refuge;

Save me and rescue me from all those who pursue me,

I will sing to the LORD,

Because He has dealt bountifully with me.

Be exalted, LORD, in Your strength;

We will sing and praise Your power.

And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,

In His tent I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy;

I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

Sing to Him a new song;

Play skillfully [on the strings] with a loud and joyful sound.