But you, O LORD, are always my shield from danger; you give me victory and restore my courage.

The king will drink from the stream by the road, and strengthened, he will stand victorious.

In three days the king will release you, pardon you, and restore you to your position. You will give him his cup as you did before when you were his wine steward.

On his birthday three days later the king gave a banquet for all his officials; he released his wine steward and his chief baker and brought them before his officials.

In the year that Evilmerodach became king of Babylonia, he showed kindness to King Jehoiachin of Judah by releasing him from prison. This happened on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin had been taken away as prisoner.

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have defeated all your enemies as you advanced. I will make you as famous as the greatest leaders in the world.

When the LORD saved David from Saul and his other enemies, David sang this song to the LORD:

and saves me from my foes. O LORD, you give me victory over my enemies and protect me from violent men.

He said, "The LORD your God has been with you and given you peace on all sides. He let me conquer all the people who used to live in this land, and they are now subject to you and to the LORD.

I will tell my people what you have done; I will praise you in their assembly:

He does not neglect the poor or ignore their suffering; he does not turn away from them, but answers when they call for help."

LORD, I wash my hands to show that I am innocent and march in worship around your altar.

I sing a hymn of thanksgiving and tell of all your wonderful deeds.

Send your light and your truth; may they lead me and bring me back to Zion, your sacred hill, and to your Temple, where you live.

Then I will go to your altar, O God; you are the source of my happiness. I will play my harp and sing praise to you, O God, my God.

I will bring burnt offerings to your house; I will offer you what I promised.

I will offer sheep to be burned on the altar; I will sacrifice bulls and goats, and the smoke will go up to the sky.

They must thank him with sacrifices, and with songs of joy must tell all that he has done.

I will give you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and offer my prayer to you.

(SEE 116:18)

For seven days the people who had gathered in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread with great joy, and day after day the Levites and the priests praised the LORD with all their strength.

they all decided to celebrate for another seven days. So they celebrated with joy.

So everyone was happy---the people of Judah, the priests, the Levites, the people who had come from the north, and the foreigners who had settled permanently in Israel and Judah.

the shouts of gladness and joy and the happy sounds of wedding feasts. You will hear people sing as they bring thank offerings to my Temple; they will say, 'Give thanks to the LORD Almighty, because he is good and his love is eternal.' I will make this land as prosperous as it was before. I, the LORD, have spoken."

Let us, then, always offer praise to God as our sacrifice through Jesus, which is the offering presented by lips that confess him as Lord.

Come as living stones, and let yourselves be used in building the spiritual temple, where you will serve as holy priests to offer spiritual and acceptable sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ.

Clap your hands for joy, all peoples! Praise God with loud songs!

They sang the LORD's praises, repeating the refrain: "The LORD is good, and his love for Israel is eternal." Everyone shouted with all their might, praising the LORD, because the work on the foundation of the Temple had been started.

No one could distinguish between the joyful shouts and the crying, because the noise they made was so loud that it could be heard for miles.

Let everyone who lives in Zion shout and sing! Israel's holy God is great, and he lives among his people."

The LORD says, "Sing with joy for Israel, the greatest of the nations. Sing your song of praise, 'The LORD has saved his people; he has rescued all who are left.'

Sing and shout for joy, people of Israel! Rejoice with all your heart, Jerusalem!

The LORD has stopped your punishment; he has removed all your enemies. The LORD, the king of Israel, is with you; there is no reason now to be afraid.

Rejoice, rejoice, people of Zion! Shout for joy, you people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you! He comes triumphant and victorious, but humble and riding on a donkey--- on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

When he came near Jerusalem, at the place where the road went down the Mount of Olives, the large crowd of his disciples began to thank God and praise him in loud voices for all the great things that they had seen:

"God bless the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory to God!"

The king is glad, O LORD, because you gave him strength; he rejoices because you made him victorious.

We praise you, LORD, for your great strength! We will sing and praise your power.

Shout for joy to God our defender; sing praise to the God of Jacob!

Come, let us praise the LORD! Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!

Sing to the LORD, all the world!

Worship the LORD with joy; come before him with happy songs!

They will sing about what you have done and about your great glory.

Speak to one another with the words of psalms, hymns, and sacred songs; sing hymns and psalms to the Lord with praise in your hearts.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, always give thanks for everything to God the Father.

They sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to break open its seals. For you were killed, and by your sacrificial death you bought for God people from every tribe, language, nation, and race.

and singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Lord God Almighty, how great and wonderful are your deeds! King of the nations, how right and true are your ways!