For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm.
Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! 1Ch 16:23-24Psa 100:1Psa 98:4Psa 150:6Psa 81:11Ch 15:28Psa 117:1-2Psa 95:1-2
Sing to the glory of his name! Psa 105:2-3Isa 49:13Rev 5:13Isa 42:12Isa 12:4-6Neh 9:5Psa 107:22Rev 4:8-11
Offer glory and praise!
Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Psa 18:44Psa 65:5Psa 81:15Psa 47:2Isa 2:19Jer 10:10Psa 22:28-29Psa 78:35-36
Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.
All the earth will worship you, Psa 22:27Psa 117:1Psa 96:1-2Mal 1:11Rev 15:4Dan 7:14Isa 2:2-4Isa 42:10-12
and will sing to you;
they will sing to your name.” Selah.
Come, and see God’s deeds— Psa 126:1-3Num 23:23Psa 111:2Psa 46:8Psa 66:16Psa 66:3Psa 106:22Psa 99:3
awesome work on behalf of the children of men.
He turned the sea into dry land. Jos 3:16Exo 14:21-22Exo 15:1-21Jos 3:14Psa 78:13Psa 106:8-12Psa 136:13-14Isa 63:13-14
They went through the river on foot.
There, we rejoiced in him.
He rules by his might forever. Psa 11:42Ch 16:9Mat 28:18Dan 4:35Dan 5:20-28Job 9:4Psa 140:8Psa 33:13
His eyes watch the nations.
Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah.
Praise our God, you peoples! Psa 98:4Jer 33:11Psa 47:1Psa 66:2Rev 19:1Deu 32:43Rev 19:5-6Rev 5:11-14
Make the sound of his praise heard,
who preserves our life among the living, Psa 121:3Psa 112:6Psa 94:181Sa 2:9Psa 37:23-241Sa 25:29Act 17:28Col 3:3-4
and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.
For you, God, have tested us. Isa 48:10Psa 17:31Pe 1:6-7Pro 17:3Job 23:10Zec 13:9Deu 13:3Deu 8:16
You have refined us, as silver is refined.
You brought us into prison. Lam 1:13Ezk 12:13Hos 7:12Job 19:6Deu 33:11Lam 3:2-66Mat 6:13
You laid a burden on our backs.
You allowed men to ride over our heads. Isa 43:1-2Isa 51:23Jas 5:11Psa 40:2-31Th 3:3-4Act 14:22Job 36:16Rev 7:14-17
We went through fire and through water,
but you brought us to the place of abundance.
I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. Ecc 5:4Psa 100:4Psa 56:12Psa 116:17-19Heb 13:15Psa 116:14Psa 118:19Jon 2:9
I will pay my vows to you, which my lips promised, 1Sa 1:11Jdg 11:35-36Psa 18:62Sa 22:7Num 30:2Num 30:8Gen 28:20-22Gen 35:3
and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, Psa 51:191Ch 16:1-32Sa 6:132Sa 6:17-19Jer 41:5Num 6:14
with the offering of rams,
I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.
Come and hear, all you who fear God. Psa 34:11Psa 71:15Mal 3:16Psa 71:181Jn 1:3Psa 66:5Psa 71:20Psa 71:24
I will declare what he has done for my soul.
I cried to him with my mouth. Psa 34:6Psa 116:1-2Psa 116:12Psa 30:1Psa 145:1Psa 30:8Psa 34:3-4
He was extolled with my tongue.
If I cherished sin in my heart, Jhn 9:31Pro 28:9Pro 15:29Pro 15:8Isa 1:15Jas 4:3Pro 21:13Job 27:8-9
the Lord wouldn’t have listened.
But most certainly, God has listened. Psa 116:1-2Heb 5:7Lam 3:55-56Psa 6:91Jn 3:20-22Psa 34:6
He has heard the voice of my prayer.
Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, Psa 86:12-13Psa 68:35Psa 51:112Sa 7:14-15Psa 22:24
nor his loving kindness from me.