Verses about praise and worship

A psalm of David. Give to YHWH, sons of El, give to YHWH glory and strength. Give to YHWH the glory of his name; bow down to YHWH in the majesty of holiness.

Not to us, YHWH, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loyal love, for your truth.

Come, let us shout for joy to YHWH; let us raise a shout to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come to meet his face with thanksgiving; with songs let us raise a shout to him. For YHWH is a great El, and a great king above all the gods, in whose hand are the depths of the earth, and the peaks of the mountains are his. His is the sea, and he made it, and the dry land his hands formed. Come in, let us bow down and bend low; let us kneel before YHWH our Maker. For he is our Elohim, and we the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice,

Sing to YHWH a new song; sing to YHWH, all the earth. Sing to YHWH, bless his name; bring the good news from day to day of his salvation. Tell among the nations his glory, among all the peoples his wonders. For great is YHWH and greatly to be praised; fearsome is he above all the gods. For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but YHWH made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. Give to YHWH, families of the peoples, give to YHWH glory and strength. Give to YHWH the glory of his name; bring an offering and come into his courts. Bow down to YHWH in the majesty of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.

And the Levites said— Jeshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah— “Stand up, bless YHWH your Elohim from forever to forever.” “And let them bless the name of your glory, exalted above all blessing and praise. You are YHWH, you alone; you made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all their army, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you give life to all of them, and the army of the heavens prostrates itself before you.

In the year of the death of King Uzziah, I saw Adonai sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and his skirts filled the temple. Seraphim were standing above him; six wings, six wings to each one; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said, “Holy, holy, holy is YHWH Tsevaot; the fullness of all the earth is his glory.” And the pivots of the thresholds shook at the voice of the one who called, and the house was filling with smoke.

And the four living creatures, each of them having six wings apiece, are full of eyes all around and within; and they have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God the Almighty, who was and who is and who is coming.” And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives to the ages of the ages, the twenty-four elders will fall down before the one who sits on the throne and will worship the one who lives to the ages of the ages, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, for you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created.”

And I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered to receive the power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!” And every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, I heard saying, “To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might to the ages of the ages!”

Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to YHWH, and they said: “I will sing to YHWH, for he is highly exalted; horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea. My strength and my song is Yah, and he has become my salvation. This is my El, and I will praise him; the Elohim of my father, and I will exalt him.

Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances. And Miriam answered them, “Sing to YHWH, for he is highly exalted; horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.”

It was reported to King David, saying, “YHWH has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, for the sake of the ark of Elohim.” So David went and brought up the ark of Elohim from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with joy. And it happened that when those carrying the ark of YHWH had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal. David was dancing with all his strength before YHWH, and David was girded with a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of YHWH with acclamation and with the sound of the horn.

and the Levites, the singers, all of them, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, were standing east of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding the trumpets; and it happened, as one, that the trumpeters and the singers were to make one voice heard to praise and to give thanks to YHWH; and when they raised their voice with the trumpets and with cymbals and with instruments of song, and praised YHWH, “For he is good, for his loyal love is forever,” then the house was filled with a cloud, the house of YHWH, and the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of YHWH had filled the house of Elohim.

Shout for joy, righteous ones, in YHWH; for the upright praise is fitting. Give thanks to YHWH with the lyre; with a harp of ten strings sing psalms to him. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully with acclamation.

A psalm. Sing to YHWH a new song, for he has done wonders; his right hand and his holy arm have saved him. YHWH has made known his salvation; before the eyes of the nations he has uncovered his righteousness. He has remembered his loyal love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our Elohim. Raise a shout to YHWH, all the earth; break forth and shout for joy and sing psalms. Sing psalms to YHWH with the lyre, with the lyre and the voice of song. With trumpets and the voice of the horn raise a shout before the king, YHWH.

A psalm for thanksgiving. Raise a shout to YHWH, all the earth. Serve YHWH with joy; come before him with a shout of joy. Know that YHWH, he is Elohim; he made us, and we are his, his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise; give thanks to him, bless his name. For YHWH is good; forever is his loyal love, and through generation after generation his faithfulness.

Praise Yah. Praise El in his sanctuary; praise him in the vault of his strength. Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to the abundance of his greatness. Praise him with the blast of the horn; praise him with harp and lyre. Praise him with tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flute. Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with cymbals of acclamation. Let everything that has breath praise Yah. Praise Yah.

And about midnight Paul and Silas, while praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s chains were unfastened.

The woman says to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.” Jesus says to her, “Believe me, woman, an hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father seeks such people as those who worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

And Adonai said: “Because this people draws near with its mouth, and with its lips they honor me, but its heart it has removed far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote,

I hate, I reject your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even if you offer me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals I will not look at. Take away from me the noise of your songs, and the melody of your harps I will not hear. But let justice roll on like the waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

With what shall I come before YHWH, and bow myself before the Elohim on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will YHWH be pleased with thousands of rams, with myriads of torrents of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my womb for the sin of my soul? He has announced to you, human being, what is good; and what does YHWH seek from you but to do justice, and to love loyal love, and to walk humbly with your Elohim?

The sacrifices of Elohim are a broken spirit; a broken and crushed heart, Elohim, you will not despise.

For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and boast in the Messiah Jesus and do not put confidence in the flesh,

I urge you then, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice living, holy, pleasing to God, which is your rational worship. And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may discern what the will of God is: what is good and pleasing and complete.

So whether you eat or drink or do anything, do all things for the glory of God.

And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Whatever you do, work at it from the soul, as for the Lord and not for people, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord, the Messiah, whom you serve as slaves.

Through him, then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. And do not forget doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Coming to him, a living stone, rejected by people but chosen and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus the Messiah.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have gratitude, through which let us worship God in a pleasing way, with reverence and awe; for indeed our God is a consuming fire.

For the director. A psalm of David. The heavens recount the glory of El, and the vault proclaims the work of his hands. Day to day pours out the saying, and night to night declares knowledge. There is no saying, and there are no words; their voice is not heard. Through all the earth their line has gone out, and to the end of the world their words. For the sun he has set a tent in them,

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea thunder, and what fills it; let the field exult, and all that is in it; then all the trees of the forest will shout for joy before YHWH, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth; he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his faithfulness.

Of David. Bless YHWH, my soul, and all that is within me, his holy name. Bless YHWH, my soul, and do not forget any of his benefits: who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems from the pit your life, who crowns you with loyal love and compassion, who satisfies with good your ornament, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle.

Praise Yah. Praise YHWH, my soul. I will praise YHWH as long as I live; I will sing psalms to my Elohim while I still exist.

Praise Yah. Praise YHWH from the heavens; praise him in the heights. Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his armies. Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all stars of light. Praise him, heavens of the heavens, and the waters that are above the heavens. Let them praise the name of YHWH, for he commanded, and they were created.

Though the fig tree does not blossom, and there is no yield on the vines, the work of the olive lies, and the fields do not produce food, the flock is cut off from the fold, and there are no cattle in the stalls, yet I will exult in YHWH; I will rejoice in the Elohim of my salvation. YHWH Adonai is my strength, and he makes my feet like those of the deer, and on my high places he makes me walk. For the director. With my stringed instruments.