Psalm 95

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
let us approachנְקַדְּמָ֣הne-ka-de-MAHH6923
to meet

קָדַם (qa.dam) 1) to meet, come or be in front, confront, go before 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to meet, confront, come to meet, receive 1a2) to go before, go in front, be in front 1a3) to lead, be beforehand, anticipate, forestall 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to come in front 1b2) to confront, anticipate

presence hisפָנָ֣יוfa-NAVH6440G
face: before

פָּנֶה (pa.neh) : before/to/front 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

with thanksgivingבְּתוֹדָ֑הbe-to-DAHH8426
thanksgiving

תּוֹדָה (to.dah) 1) confession, praise, thanksgiving 1a) give praise to God 1b) thanksgiving in songs of liturgical worship, hymn of praise 1c) thanksgiving choir or procession or line or company 1d) thank-offering, sacrifice of thanksgiving 1e) confession

with songsבִּ֝זְמִר֗וֹתbiz-mi-ROTH2158
song

זָמִיר (za.mir) song, psalm

let us shout for joyנָרִ֥יעַֽna-RI-a'H7321
to shout

רוּעַ (ru.a) 1) to shout, raise a sound, cry out, give a blast 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to shout a war-cry or alarm of battle 1a2) to sound a signal for war or march 1a3) to shout in triumph (over enemies) 1a4) to shout in applause 1a5) to shout (with religious impulse) 1a6) to cry out in distress 1b) (Polal) to utter a shout 1c) (Hithpolel) 1c1) to shout in triumph 1c2) to shout for joy 2) (Niphal) destroyed

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.