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24 God is a spiritual being. So it is necessary that those who worship him must worship him as his Spirit directs and according to God’s truth."

23 However, there will be a time when those who genuinely worship God will worship him as God’s Spirit directs and according to God’s truth. In fact, that time is now. Those are the kind of worshipers my Father seeks. 24 God is a spiritual being. So it is necessary that those who worship him must worship him as his Spirit directs and according to God’s truth."

21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me when I say that there will be a time when it will not matter whether you worship God our Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem or somewhere else. 22 You people from Samaria do not know the one you are worshipping. But we (exc) Jews know whom we worship, because it is from us Jews that God has sent the one who will save people from the guilt of their sins. 23 However, there will be a time when those who genuinely worship God will worship him as God’s Spirit directs and according to God’s truth. In fact, that time is now. Those are the kind of worshipers my Father seeks.

38 The man said, "Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah!" Then he knelt down before Jesus and worshipped him.

10 But Jesus said to him, "No, I will not worship you, Satan, so go away! It is written in the Scriptures, ‘It is the Lord your God whom you (pl) must worship, and you (pl) must serve only him!’"

8 But Jesus replied, "No, I will not worship you, because it is written {the Psalmist wrote} in the Scriptures, ‘It is the Lord, your God, whom you must worship, and you must serve only him!’ "

I appeal to you that you present yourselves to God by making yourselves like living sacrifices, which is the appropriate way to serve him. Do not let anything non-Christian determine how you act, but instead let God change your way of thinking.

1 My fellow believers, since God has acted mercifully toward you in so many ways, I appeal to all of you that you present yourselves [SYN] to him by making yourselves like holy sacrifices [MET]. Make yourselves sacrifices that he is pleased with, sacrifices that are living/alive, not ones that are dead/killed. Since God has done so much for you/us, this is the only appropriate way to serve him.

I appeal to you that you present yourselves to God by making yourselves like living sacrifices, which is the appropriate way to serve him. Do not let anything non-Christian determine how you act, but instead let God change your way of thinking.

1 My fellow believers, since God has acted mercifully toward you in so many ways, I appeal to all of you that you present yourselves [SYN] to him by making yourselves like holy sacrifices [MET]. Make yourselves sacrifices that he is pleased with, sacrifices that are living/alive, not ones that are dead/killed. Since God has done so much for you/us, this is the only appropriate way to serve him. 2 Do not let anything non-Christian determine how you should act. Instead, let God change your way of life by making your way of thinking new, in order that you may know what he wants you to do. That is, you will know what is good, and you will know what pleases God, and you will know how to be all that he wants you to be.

36 God is the one who created all things. He is also the one who sustains all things. The reason that he created them was that everything he created might praise him. May all people honor him forever! ◄May it be so!/Amen!►

11 We know this because it is written {a prophet/Isaiah wrote} what God has said:

Everyone will bow down before me! That is as certain as the fact that I live [IDM]! Everyone [SYN] will acknowledge that because I am God, I have the right to judge and punish people.

6 We should come, worship, and bow down before him.

We should kneel before Yahweh, the one who made us.

6 We should come, worship, and bow down before him.

We should kneel before Yahweh, the one who made us.

1 Praise Yahweh!

Praise God in his sacred temple!

And praise him in his fortress in heaven!

2 Praise him for the mighty deeds that he has performed;

praise him for his being extremely great!

3 Praise him by blowing trumpets loudly;

praise him by playing harps and ◄small lyres/other instruments that have many strings►!

4 Praise him by beating drums and by dancing.

Praise him by playing stringed instruments and by playing flutes!

5 Praise him by clashing cymbals together;

praise him by clashing together very loud cymbals!

6 I want all living creatures to praise Yahweh!

Praise Yahweh!

6 I want all living creatures to praise Yahweh!

Praise Yahweh!

4 Enter the gates of his temple thanking him;

enter the courtyard of the temple singing songs to praise him!

Thank him and praise him,

2 Proclaim that ◄he/his name► is glorious;

bow down before Yahweh in his holy temple.

A psalm which is a song for the choir director

1 Tell everyone on the earth

that they should sing joyfully to praise God!

2 They should sing songs that say that God [MTY] is very great,

and they should tell everyone that he is very glorious!

3 They should say to God, "The things that you do are awesome!

You are very powerful,

with the result that your enemies ◄cringe/bow down► in front of you."

4 Everyone on the earth should worship God

and sing to praise him

and honor him [MTY].

(Think about that!)

17 I called out to him to help me,

and I praised him while I was speaking to him [MTY].

9 Lord, some day, people from all the nations that you have established will come and bow down in front of you

and they will praise you [MTY].

10 You are great, and you do wonderful/marvelous things;

only you are God.

A psalm written by David

1 I tell myself that I should praise Yahweh.

I will praise him [MTY] with all of my inner being, because he [MTY] is holy.

1 Give thanks to Yahweh, and tell others that he is very great!

Tell everyone in the world what he has done!

A psalm written by David when he was in the desert in Judea

1 God, you are the God whom I worship.

I greatly desire to be with you

like [SIL] a person in a dry hot desert greatly desires some cool water.

3 Your constantly loving me is ◄worth more/more precious► than my life,

so I [MTY] will always praise you.

4 I will praise you all the time that I live;

I will lift up my hands to you while I pray.

11 Our(exc) Lord and God,

you are worthy that all beings praise you,

you are worthy that all beings honor you, and

you are worthy that all beings acknowledge

that you are the powerful one,

because you alone created all things.

Moreover, because you planned that they should exist,

you created them, and so they exist.

7 He said in a loud voice, "Revere God and honor him, because it is now time for him to judge people! Worship God, because he is the one who created the heaven, the earth, the ocean, and the springs of water."

4 O Lord, you alone are holy!

People of [MTY] all nations will come and worship you,

because you show everyone that you have judged everyone righteously.

So, everyone will fear you and honor you! [RHQ].

John attested that he himself has heard and seen all these things. He was told to tell others what has been revealed to him because its fulfillment was near, and everyone should be ready.

8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw in a vision these things that I have written down. When I had heard and seen them, I immediately knelt down at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me, in order to worship him. 9 But he said to me, "Do not worship me I am just your fellow servant! I am also the fellow servant of your fellow believers who are ◄the prophets/the ones who tell messages that come directly from God►, and I am a fellow servant of those who obey what has been commanded in this book. Instead, worship God!"

11 You alone are great and powerful;

only you are truly glorious and majestic and wonderful.

And that is true because everything in heaven and on the earth is yours.

You are the king of all the people in this world;

you are the ruler of everything.

34 Thank Yahweh, because everything that he does is good.

He faithfully loves us forever.

35 Say to him, "God, you are the one who rescues us,

so gather us together and save us from the armies of other nations.

When you do that, we will thank you [MTY],

and we will be happy to praise you."

36 Praise Yahweh, the God of us Israeli people,

He has always existed, and he will exist forever.

After the people finished singing that song, they all said, "◄Amen/May it be so►!", and they praised Yahweh.

34 Thank Yahweh, because everything that he does is good.

He faithfully loves us forever.

9 Sing to him; sing songs to praise him.

Tell about all his miraculous deeds.

9 As a result, God promoted him to a rank that is above every other rank. 10 God did that in order that every being [SYN] in heaven and on earth and under the earth should worship [MTY] Jesus, 11 and in order that every person [SYN] should declare that Jesus Christ is Lord. As a result of everyone doing that, they will honor God, his Father.

Since Christ sacrificed himself for us, let our continual praise of God be our sacrifice.

15 With the help of Jesus, we must continually praise God. That will be something we can sacrifice to him [MET] instead of our sacrificing animals only at specific times. Specifically, we must say openly [MTY] that we have trusted in Christ [MTY].

28 So, let us thank God that we are becoming members of a kingdom that nothing can shake. Let us worship/serve God in a way that pleases him by being greatly in awe [DOU] before him. 29 Remember that the God we worship/serve is like a fire that burns up everything that is impure [MET]!

19 Sing to each other ◄Psalms/songs with words from the Scriptures►, sing other songs that the congregation knows, and songs that God’s Spirit gives you. Sing these Psalms and other songs sincerely to praise the Lord Jesus.

16 And continue to let the message about Christ govern/direct all you think and do, as you very wisely teach and warn one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs (OR, songs that God’s Spirit gives you), while you sincerely and thankfully sing to God.

Paul and Silas helped the jailer and his household to become believers.

25 About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying aloud and praising God by singing hymns. The other prisoners were listening attentively to them.

We thank God that he encourages us in all our troubles so that we are able to encourage you when you suffer. We suffered so much in Asia province that we were sure that we were going to die, but we learned to trust in God. He saved us from death and he will continue to save us from death.

3 We should praise God, who is the father of our (inc) Lord Jesus Christ. He always pities us and helps us because he is like [MET] a father to us and we are like his children. He always encourages us (inc). 4 He has encouraged us (exc) whenever we suffered hardships. As a result, we (exc) are able to encourage others whenever they suffer hardships, just as/just like God has encouraged us (exc).

3 We proclaim to you the message about Jesus, the one whom we saw and heard, in order that you may have a close relationship with us. The ones whom we have a close relationship with are God our Father and his Son Jesus Christ.

5 Praise Yahweh our God!

Worship him in front of the Sacred Chest in his temple [MTY],

where he rules people.

He is holy!

8 I praise you all day long,

and I proclaim that you are glorious/wonderful.

4 Sing to God; sing to praise him;

sing a song (OR, make a road) for him who rides on the clouds;

his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence.

5 God, who lives in his sacred temple, is like [MET] a father to those who are orphans,

and he is the one who protects widows.

17 I praise Yahweh because he always acts righteously/justly;

I sing to praise Yahweh, the one who is much greater than any other god.

22 But you have saved me, so I will declare to my fellow Israelis how great you [MTY] are.

I will praise you among the group of your people gathered togetherto worship you.

23 You people who have an awesome respect for Yahweh, praise him!

All you who are descended from Jacob, honor Yahweh!

All you Israeli people, revere him!

6 I lift up my hands/arms to you while I pray;

I [SYN] need you, like very dry ground needs rain [SIM].

(Think about that!)

11 But I think,

"◄Why am I sad and discouraged?/I should not be sad and discouraged!► [RHQ]

I will confidently expect God to help me,

and I will praise him again,

my God, the one who saves me."

2 I said to Yahweh, "You are my Lord;

all the good things that I have come from you."

11 Serve Yahweh, fervently revering him;

Rejoice about what he has done for you, but tremble before him!

2 I will sing to celebrate what you [MTY], who are much greater than all other gods, have done.

5 You must not bow down to any idol and worship it, because I am Yahweh God, and I ◄am very jealous/want you to worship me only►. I will punish those who sin and hate me. I will punish not only them, but I will punish ◄their descendants, down to the third and fourth generation/their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren►.

14 You must worship only me, and not worship any other god, because I, Yahweh, cannot endure any rivals.

9 When Moses/I entered the Sacred Tent, the tall cloud that looked like a fire would come down and stay at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, and then Yahweh would talk with Moses/me. 10 When the people saw the tall cloud at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, they would all prostrate themselves on the ground and worship Yahweh.

2 Yahweh is the one who makes me strong, and he is the one I sing about.

He is the one who has saved me.

He is ◄my God/God, the one I worship►, and I will praise him.

He is the one my father worshiped,

and I will tell others how great he is.

11 Yahweh, among their gods, there is no god like you [RHQ]!

You are glorious, completely different from all that you made.

◄There is no god like you!/What god is like you?► [RHQ]

There is no one who can perform all kinds of miracles [DOU] like you do [RHQ]!

25 You must worship me, Yahweh God. If you do that, I will bless your (OR, bless you by giving you) food and water, and I will protect you from becoming sick.

21 He is the one whom you must praise. He is our God, and we have seen the great and amazing things that he has done for us.

7 There, in the presence of Yahweh our God, who has greatly blessed you, you and your families will eat the good things that you have worked to produce, and you will be happy.

16 So he abandoned them because they started to worship other/strange gods.

Because of their worshiping disgusting idols,

he became angry.

17 They offered sacrifices to gods who were really demons,

gods that their ancestors had never known;

they offered sacrifices to gods that they had recently found out about,

gods whom your ancestors had never revered.

18 They forgot the true God, the one who protects them [MET],

the one who created them and caused them to live.

16 "But I warn you, do not turn away from Yahweh our God and start to worship other gods,

13 So the Lord says, "These people say that they belong to me.

They honor me by what they say [MTY],

but they do not think [IDM] about what I desire.

When they worship me,

all they do is recite rules that people have made and that they have memorized.

Isaiah praises God for having good judgment and providing salvation

1 Yahweh, you are my God;

I will honor you and praise you [MTY].

You do wonderful things;

you said long ago that you would do those things,

and now you have done them like you said that you would.

42 So God rejected them. He abandoned them to worship the sun, moon and stars in the sky. This agrees with the words that one of the prophets wrote that God said,

You Israelite people [MTY], when you repeatedly killed animals and offered them as sacrifices during those 40 years that you were in the desert, ◄you most certainly were not offering them to me!/what makes you think that you were offering them to me?► [RHQ] 43 On the contrary, you carried with you from place to place the tent that contained the idol representing the god Molech that you worshipped. You also carried with you the image of the star called Rephan. Those were idols that you had made, and you worshipped them instead of me. So I will cause you to be taken away {people to take you} from your own country. You will be taken {They will take you} far from your homes to regions even farther than Babylon Country."

18 Disregard those who say that God will punish you because you do not worship God in the way that they say that you should; that is, they insist that you should humiliate yourselves and that you should worship the angels. Disregard such people since they base their authority on things that they have never seen, and since they are proud without reason because their self-directed nature controls what they think, 19 and since they do not teach the true teaching about Christ [MET]. Christ is the one who causes all of his people to develop/grow spiritually as God plans that they should develop/grow, just like [MET] a person’s head directs how his body grows, as it is held together by its joints and ligaments.

3 Do not allow anyone to deceive you in any way with the result that you believe any such message.

The Lord will come only after that time when the man who will sin very greatly will appear.

The Lord will not come [MTY] immediately. First, many people [PRS] will rebel against God. The result of their rebelling will be that they will accept and obey the man who will sin very greatly against God. 4 He will be the supreme enemy of God. He will proudly exalt himself above everything that people consider to be some god and above everything that people worship. As a result of wanting people to worship him, he will even enter God’s Temple and sit down there to rule. He will publicly proclaim that he himself is God! But God will certainly punish that man forever!

20 Job stood up, and tore his robe and shaved his head because he was very sad/grieved. Then he prostrated himself on the ground to worship God. 21 He said,

"When I was born, I had no clothes on.

When I die, I will not take any clothes with me.

Yahweh gave me everything that I possessed,

and now he has taken it all away.

But ◄we should/I will► always praise Yahweh anyway! [MTY]"

11 They praised Yahweh and thanked him, and they sang this song about him:

"He is very good to us!

He faithfully loves us Israeli people, and he will love us forever."

Then all the people shouted loudly, praising Yahweh because they had finished laying the foundation of Yahweh’s temple.

37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and honor [DOU] God, the king who rules in heaven. All of his actions are just and right. And he is able to cause to become humble those who are proud, like I was."

22 " Yahweh my God, you are great. There is no one like you. Only you are God, just as we have always heard.

2 There is no one who is holy like you, Yahweh.

There is no other god like you.

There is no one like you, our God, who can protect us as though you were putting us beneath a huge rock where we can hide from danger.

5 Then the leaders of the Levites called out to the people. They were Jeshua, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah. They said, "While you are standing there, praise Yahweh your God, who has always lived and will live forever!"

Then one of them continued by praying this to God,

"Yahweh, we praise your glorious name! You are much greater than anything that we can think about or talk about!

17 Therefore,

even if there are no blossoms on the fig trees,

and there are no grapes on the grapevines,

and even if there are no olives growing on the olive trees,

and there are no crops in the fields,

and even if the flocks of sheep and goats die in the fields,

and there are no cattle in the stalls/barns,

18 I will rejoice because I know Yahweh.

I will be joyful because Yahweh my God is the one who saves me!

12 At that time, when you pray, I will heed you.

8 Come near spiritually to God, and as a result he will come near to you. You who are sinners, stop doing what is wrong, and do only what is good [SYN, MET]. You who cannot decide whether you will ◄commit yourselves to God/obey God completely►, stop thinking wrong thoughts, and think only pure thoughts [MTY].