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VERSES TO BLESS
Think about the special people God has placed in your life. They're truly blessings, and I'm lifting them up in prayer right now, in Jesus' name. The Bible is full of verses about giving thanks and blessings, and that's what I'm doing for these folks. It's not just them, either; I'm also praying for your family, your country, and your fellow believers.
“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace” (Numbers 6:24-26 NIV). I'm also praying for your pastors, who are instruments of God's grace.
“Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield” (Psalm 5:12 NIV). And you know, it's not just about blessing those who are good to us. We're called to something bigger. We're called to bless even those who give us a hard time. "Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse" (Romans 12:14 NIV).
“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work, and you must keep a festival to the Lord for seven days.
“You must observe the Feast of Weeks – the firstfruits of the harvest of wheat – and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year.
Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth! Break out in a joyful shout and sing!
Sing to the Lord accompanied by a harp, accompanied by a harp and the sound of music!
Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.
So now my heart will sing to you and not be silent; O Lord my God, I will always give thanks to you.
This day will become a memorial for you, and you will celebrate it as a festival to the Lord – you will celebrate it perpetually as a lasting ordinance.
You will sing as you do in the evening when you are celebrating a festival. You will be happy like one who plays a flute as he goes to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock who shelters Israel.
Praise the Lord, for it is good to sing praises to our God! Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate!
Sing to the Lord a brand new song! Praise him from the horizon of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, you coastlands and those who live there!
Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth!
Worship the Lord with joy! Enter his presence with joyful singing!
Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in the sky, which testifies to his strength!
Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him for his surpassing greatness!
Praise him with the blast of the horn! Praise him with the lyre and the harp!
Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!
Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with clanging cymbals!
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty extends over the earth and sky.
He has made his people victorious, and given all his loyal followers reason to praise – the Israelites, the people who are close to him. Praise the Lord!
O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you in praise, I will extol your fame. For you have done extraordinary things, and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed.
He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising our God. May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the Lord!
As for me, I will continually tell what you have done; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob!
Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord! Offer praise, you servants of the Lord,
He defeated many nations, and killed mighty kings –
Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan.
He gave their land as an inheritance, as an inheritance to Israel his people.
O Lord, your name endures, your reputation, O Lord, lasts.
For the Lord vindicates his people, and has compassion on his servants.
The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.
They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,
and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.
Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.
O family of Israel, praise the Lord! O family of Aaron, praise the Lord!
who serve in the Lord’s temple, in the courts of the temple of our God.
O family of Levi, praise the Lord! You loyal followers of the Lord, praise the Lord!
The Lord deserves praise in Zion – he who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good! Sing praises to his name, for it is pleasant!
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations!
For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise, he is more awesome than all gods.
Come! Let’s sing for joy to the Lord! Let’s shout out praises to our protector who delivers us!
For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.’
So I made a vow in my anger, ‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”
Let’s enter his presence with thanksgiving! Let’s shout out to him in celebration!
For the Lord is a great God, a great king who is superior to all gods.
Shout for joy to God, our source of strength! Shout out to the God of Jacob!
I am the Lord, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’
But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.
I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.
If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!
Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and attack their adversaries.”
(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)
“I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs.”
Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!
Sound the ram’s horn on the day of the new moon, and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins.
He said to them, “Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the lord is your strength.”
At that time you will say: “Praise the Lord! Ask him for help! Publicize his mighty acts among the nations! Make it known that he is unique!
Sing to the Lord, for he has done magnificent things, let this be known throughout the earth!
Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!”
Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Announce every day how he delivers!
Tell the nations about his splendor, tell all the nations about his miraculous deeds!
For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise, he is more awesome than all gods.
For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the heavens.
Majestic splendor emanates from him, he is the source of strength and joy.
Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations, ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength!
Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! Bring an offering and enter his presence! Worship the Lord in holy attire!
He then handed out to each Israelite man and woman a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.
Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is established, it cannot be moved.
Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the nations say, ‘The Lord reigns!’
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.
Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song! Praise him in the assembly of the godly!
Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their king!
Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey – on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.
As he approached the road leading down from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen:
“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way.
He answered, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!”
I will thank the Lord with all my heart! I will tell about all your amazing deeds!
Your loyal followers trust in you, for you, Lord, do not abandon those who seek your help.
Sing praises to the Lord, who rules in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!
For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help
when they prayed: “Have mercy on me, Lord! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!
Then I will tell about all your praiseworthy acts; in the gates of Daughter Zion I will rejoice because of your deliverance.”
The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.
The Lord revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions. (Higgaion. Selah)
The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,
for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.
Rise up, Lord! Don’t let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence!
I will be happy and rejoice in you! I will sing praises to you, O sovereign One!
I will praise the Lord at all times; my mouth will continually praise him.
Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
Come children! Listen to me! I will teach you what it means to fear the Lord.
Do you want to really live? Would you love to live a long, happy life?
Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!
Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!
The Lord pays attention to the godly and hears their cry for help.
But the Lord opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.
The godly cry out and the Lord hears; he saves them from all their troubles.
The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged.
The godly face many dangers, but the Lord saves them from each one of them.
I will boast in the Lord; let the oppressed hear and rejoice!
He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.
Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.
The Lord rescues his servants; all who take shelter in him escape punishment.
Magnify the Lord with me! Let’s praise his name together!
Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.
Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.
Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.
Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.
Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.
Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse.
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people.
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people.
Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
Shout out praise to God, all the earth!
For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver.
You led us into a trap; you caused us to suffer.
You allowed men to ride over our heads; we passed through fire and water, but you brought us out into a wide open place.
I will enter your temple with burnt sacrifices; I will fulfill the vows I made to you,
which my lips uttered and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.
I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices, along with the smell of sacrificial rams. I will offer cattle and goats. (Selah)
Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God! I will declare what he has done for me.
I cried out to him for help and praised him with my tongue.
If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
However, God heard; he listened to my prayer.
Sing praises about the majesty of his reputation! Give him the honor he deserves!
God deserves praise, for he did not reject my prayer or abandon his love for me!
Say to God: “How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.
All the earth worships you and sings praises to you! They sing praises to your name!” (Selah)
Sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth!
Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns! The world is established, it cannot be moved. He judges the nations fairly.”
Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the sea and everything in it shout!
Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy
before the Lord, for he comes! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in accordance with his justice.
Sing to the Lord! Praise his name! Announce every day how he delivers!
Tell the nations about his splendor! Tell all the nations about his amazing deeds!
My lips will shout for joy! Yes, I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me!
Praise the Lord, O my soul! With all that is within me, praise his holy name!
He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.
For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.
As far as the eastern horizon is from the west, so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions from us.
As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.
For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.
A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,
to those who keep his covenant, who are careful to obey his commands.
The Lord has established his throne in heaven; his kingdom extends over everything.
Praise the Lord, O my soul! Do not forget all his kind deeds!
But may all who take shelter in you be happy! May they continually shout for joy! Shelter them so that those who are loyal to you may rejoice!
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord. They said, “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously, the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.
But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you? – majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?
You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.
By your loyal love you will lead the people whom you have redeemed; you will guide them by your strength to your holy dwelling place.
The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia.
Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified, trembling will seize the leaders of Moab, and the inhabitants of Canaan will shake.
Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stone until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people whom you have bought pass by.
You will bring them in and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, in the place you made for your residence, O Lord, the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.
The Lord will reign forever and ever!
For the horses of Pharaoh came with his chariots and his footmen into the sea, and the Lord brought back the waters of the sea on them, but the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.”
The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Offer to the Lord a song of thanks! Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp!
He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.
He gives food to the animals, and to the young ravens when they chirp.
How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all!
Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.
For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
O Lord who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you!
I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
The Lord rules forever, your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come! Praise the Lord!
I will praise the Lord as long as I live! I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist!
I will give you thanks with all my heart; before the heavenly assembly I will sing praises to you.
I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.
I will focus on your honor and majestic splendor, and your amazing deeds!
They will proclaim the power of your awesome acts! I will declare your great deeds!
They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, and sing about your justice.
to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.
The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the Lord, singing: “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!” Then a cloud filled the Lord’s temple.
The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord’s splendor filled God’s temple.