speakingto one anotherin psalmsand hymnsand spiritualsongs,singingand making melodywith your heartto the Lord;
Singto the LORDwith thanksgiving;Singpraisesto our Godon the lyre,
Trustin Him at alltimes,O people;Pourout your heartbeforeHim; Godis a refugefor us. Selah.
I will givethanksto You, O Lordmy God,with allmy heart,And will glorifyYour nameforever.
Let us comebeforeHis presencewith thanksgiving,Let us shoutjoyfullyto Him with psalms.
"Behold,My servantswill shoutjoyfullywith a gladheart,But you will cryout with a heavyheart,And you will wailwith a brokenspirit.
THISPEOPLEHONORSME WITH THEIR LIPS,BUT THEIR HEARTIS FARAWAYFROM ME.
After singing a hymn,they wentout to the Mountof Olives.
But aboutmidnightPauland Silaswere prayingand singing hymns of praiseto God,and the prisonerswere listeningto them;
Whatis [the outcome] then?I will praywith the spiritand I will praywith the mindalso;I will singwith the spiritand I will singwith the mindalso.
Whatis [the outcome] then,brethren?Whenyou assemble,each onehasa psalm,hasa teaching,hasa revelation,hasa tongue,hasan interpretation.Let all thingsbe donefor edification.
Let the wordof Christrichlydwellwithinyou, with allwisdomteachingand admonishingone anotherwith psalms[and] hymns[and] spiritualsongs,singingwith thankfulnessin your heartsto God.
Is anyoneamongyou suffering?[Then] he must pray.Is anyonecheerful?He is to sing praises.
And they sanga newsong,saying,"Worthyare You to takethe bookand to breakits seals;for You were slain,and purchasedfor Godwith Your blood[men] from everytribeand tongueand peopleand nation.
