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Psalm 33:3

The New Testament’s use of Psalm

3 places · 2 kinds of echo

The source

Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy!

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Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.

Allusion2

A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.

Rev 14:1–5

'Sing to him a new song' — the new-song motif (Heb shir chadash; LXX asma kainon) directly behind 'they sing a new song before the throne.' High volume of recurrence in Rev 5:9; 14:3.

High confidence
Eph 5:18-21

'Sing to him a new song, play skillfully' stands behind 'psalms and hymns and spiritual songs... making melody in your heart.' The psalmos/odes vocabulary and the heart-singing motif show coherence with the psalter's worship language; medium volume.

Medium confidence

Echo1

A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.

Rev 5:9–10

Hays: medium — part of the 'new song' formula cluster (Pss 33:3; 96:1; 144:9; 149:1) that stands behind 5:9. Paired here with the harps of 5:8 ('Play skillfully'), reinforcing the liturgical 'new song' background. Less specific than Ps 98 because it lacks the explicit salvation/redemption note.

Medium confidence
Elsewhere in Psalm 33
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