Psalms 104:2
Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cantate ei, et psallite ei ; narrate omnia mirabilia ejus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ᾄσατε αὐτῷ καὶ ψάλατε αὐτῷ, διηγήσασθε πάντα τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 105:2
- שִֽׁירוּ ל֭וֹ זַמְּרוּ ל֑וֹ שִׂ֝֗יחוּ בְּכָל נִפְלְאוֹתָֽיו
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CV
2. “O sing unto Him, and play on instruments unto Him” ( ver. 2 ). Praise Him both by word and deed; for we sing with the voice, while we play with an instrument, that is, with our hands. “Let your talking be of all His wondrous works. Be ye praise in His holy Name” ( ver. 3 ). These two verses may without any absurdity seem paraphrases of the two words above; so that, “Let your talking be of all His wondrous works,” may express the words, “O sing unto Him;” and what followeth, “be ye praised in His holy Name,” may be referred to the words, “and play on instruments unto Him;” the former relating to the “good word” wherewith we sing unto Him, in which His wondrous works are told; the latter to the good work, in which sweet music is played unto Him, so that no man may wish to be praised for a good work on the score of his own power to do it. …