Praise and worship

²⁹ Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness;

³⁰ tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

³¹ Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’

³² Let the sea resound, and all that fills it; let the fields exult, and all that is in them.

³³ Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.

³⁴ Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

⁹ And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly.

¹⁰ Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.

¹¹ Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.

¹² Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

¹³ Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.

¹³ The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud

¹⁴ so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

²¹ Then Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the LORD and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks to the LORD, for His loving devotion endures forever.”

²² The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.

¹⁴ And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,

¹⁵ while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.

⁴⁷ The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—

⁴⁸ the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,

³¹ May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.

³² He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.

³³ I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

³⁵ May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!

¹ Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.

² Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness.

³ Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.

⁴ Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.

⁵ Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.

⁶ Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!

⁸ “Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.

⁹ Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.

¹⁰ Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

²³ Sing to the LORD, all the earth. Proclaim His salvation day after day.

²⁴ Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.

²⁵ For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

²⁶ For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

²⁷ Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy fill His dwelling.

²⁸ Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and “Praise the LORD!”

O LORD, there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

¹ At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.

² There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.

Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”

On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.

²¹ But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,

²² and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”

How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.

Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

¹ Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

² The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

³ The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.

At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.

⁸ And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

⁹ And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne who lives forever and ever,

¹⁰ the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

¹¹ “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”

⁸ When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

⁹ And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

¹⁰ You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

¹¹ Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

¹² In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

¹³ And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!”

⁹ After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

¹⁰ And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

¹¹ And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,

¹² saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

² And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,

³ and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

⁴ Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

¹ After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!

² For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

³ And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”

⁴ And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”

⁵ Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”

⁶ And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.

Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.

²⁰ Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.

²¹ The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

² I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.

³ How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.

Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.

²⁶ Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,

²⁷ saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

¹ On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

² “When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.

“Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.

The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.