That night, Daniel received a vision that revealed the secret, and I'm so moved thinking about how he blessed the God of heaven in response. It makes you realize how important it is to serve God, honor him, and give him all the glory. That's what truly pleases his heart.
When you obey his commandments and walk in righteousness, guided by his word, you bless God. Every morning, he's worthy of our worship, our acknowledgment of his greatness and power, and our celebration of the immense love he pours out on us.
How can you stay silent? You just have to open your mouth and let songs of blessing flow out to God. It's so important for the entire body of Christ to come together to exalt his name, to gather in huge assemblies and, with one heart and mind, give all the praise to the King, the supreme Lord.
Let it be clear that his people surrender to his majesty, consecrating themselves to the Almighty Lord. (Daniel 2:19)
Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you? – majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?
O Lord, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler of all.
The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
“O, Lord God, you have begun to show me your greatness and strength. (What god in heaven or earth can rival your works and mighty deeds?)
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:
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God all you his servants, and all you who fear Him, both the small and the great!”
David praised the Lord before the entire assembly: “O Lord God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore!
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!
So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.
O God of my fathers, I acknowledge and glorify you, for you have bestowed wisdom and power on me. Now you have enabled me to understand what I requested from you. For you have enabled me to understand the king’s dilemma.”
Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For he rescues the oppressed from the clutches of evildoers.
No one is holy like the Lord! There is no one other than you! There is no rock like our God!
Ezra blessed the lord, the great God, and all the people replied “Amen! Amen!” as they lifted their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped the lord with their faces to the ground.
She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
Therefore you are great, O Lord God, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true!
Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised the God of heaven,
I am the Lord! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols.
Let them give the Lord the honor he deserves; let them praise his deeds in the coastlands.
Give thanks to the Lord with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!
Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth!Worship the Lord with joy! Enter his presence with joyful singing!Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give him thanks! Praise his name!For the Lord is good. His loyal love endures, and he is faithful through all generations.
Simeon took him in his arms and blessed God, saying,“Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace.Everyone went to his own town to be registered.For my eyes have seen your salvation
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!
The Levites – Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah – said, “Stand up and bless the lord your God!” “May you be blessed, O lord our God, from age to age. May your glorious name be blessed; may it be lifted up above all blessing and praise.
So they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,and were continually in the temple courts blessing God.
I will extol you, my God, O king! I will praise your name continually!All he has made will give thanks to the Lord. Your loyal followers will praise you.They will proclaim the splendor of your kingdom; they will tell about your power,so that mankind might acknowledge your mighty acts, and the majestic splendor of your kingdom.Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations.The Lord supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over.Everything looks to you in anticipation, and you provide them with food on a regular basis.You open your hand, and fill every living thing with the food they desire.The Lord is just in all his actions, and exhibits love in all he does.The Lord is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely.He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.Every day I will praise you! I will praise your name continually!The Lord protects those who love him, but he destroys all the wicked.My mouth will praise the Lord. Let all who live praise his holy name forever!The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise! No one can fathom his greatness!
You must serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will remove sickness from your midst.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds of all the prisoners came loose.
When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls,I will rejoice because of the Lord; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!
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 joybefore 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!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!
O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
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.
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!
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! 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!
Praise the Lord, for it is good to sing praises to our God! Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate!
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!
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.
and said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?”
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!
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 helpwhen 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!
all of whom were singing in a loud voice: “Worthy is the lamb who was killed to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and praise!”
O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!
Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds! For the Lord is his name! Rejoice before him!
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist!
Offer to the Lord a song of thanks! Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp!
I will give you thanks with all my heart; before the heavenly assembly I will sing praises to you.
Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.
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.
Then I will give you thanks in the great assembly; I will praise you before a large crowd of people!
Praise our God, you nations! Loudly proclaim his praise!He preserves our lives and does not allow our feet to slip.
I have leaned on you since birth; you pulled me from my mother’s womb. I praise you continually.
we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.
Praise the Lord! Praise, you servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord!May the Lord’s name be praised now and forevermore!From east to west the Lord’s name is deserving of praise.
Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication! Let them shout for joy upon their beds!
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.
Praise the Lord, you angels of his, you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees and obey his orders!Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his, you servants of his who carry out his desires!Praise the Lord, all that he has made, in all the regions of his kingdom! Praise the Lord, O my soul!