6 I want all living creatures to praise Yahweh!

Praise Yahweh!

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!

4 Praise him by beating drums and by dancing.

Praise him by playing stringed instruments and by playing flutes!

3 Praise Yahweh by dancing, by beating/playing tambourines,

and by playing harps to praise him!

1 Praise Yahweh!

Sing a new song to Yahweh,

praise him whenever his faithful people gather together!

3 Praise Yahweh by dancing, by beating/playing tambourines,

and by playing harps to praise him!

4 Yahweh is pleased with his people;

he honors humble people by helping them to defeat their enemies.

5 God’s people should rejoice because they have won battles

and they should sing joyfully all during the night!

1 Praise Yahweh!

Praise him, from up in heaven;

praise him from way up in the sky!

2 All you angels who belong to him, praise him!

All you who are in the armies of heaven, praise him!

3 Sun and moon, you also praise him!

You shining stars, you praise him!

4 You highest heavens, praise him!

And you waters that are high above the sky, praise him!

5 I want all of these to praise Yahweh [MTY]

because by commanding them to exist, he created them.

6 He determined the places where they should be in the sky,

and he commanded that they should be there forever.

They cannot disobey that command!

7 And everything on the earth, praise Yahweh!

You huge sea monsters and everything else that is deep in the ocean,

8 and fire and hail, and snow and frost,

and strong winds that obey what he commands,

I tell all of you to praise Yahweh!

9 Hills and mountains,

fruit trees and cedar trees,

10 all the wild animals and all you cattle,

and the ◄reptiles/creatures that scurry across the ground►,

and all the birds, I tell all of them to praise Yahweh!

11 You kings on this earth and all the people that you rule,

you princes and all other rulers,

12 you young men and young women,

you old people and children, everyone, praise Yahweh!

13 I want them all to praise Yahweh [MTY]

because he is greater than anyone else.

His glory is greater than anything on the earth or in heaven.

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].

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].

1 I will always thank Yahweh;

I will constantly praise him [MTY].

1 I will always thank Yahweh;

I will constantly praise him [MTY].

1 I will always thank Yahweh;

I will constantly praise him [MTY].

2 I will boast about what Yahweh has done.

All those who are oppressed/discouraged should hear me and rejoice.

3 Join with me in telling others that Yahweh is great!

You and I should together proclaim how glorious he is!

14 But as for me, I will continually and confidently expect you to do great things for me,

and I will praise you more and more.

6 I have depended on you all my life;

you have taken care of me [IDM] since the day that I was born,

so I will always praise you.

8 I praise you all day long,

and I proclaim that you are glorious/wonderful.

8 I praise you all day long,

and I proclaim that you are glorious/wonderful.

23 I [SYN] will shout joyfully while I play the harp for you;

with my entire inner being I will sing

because you have rescued me.

3 People who live in the east and people who live in the west,

everyone, should praise Yahweh [MTY]!

18 and thank God ◄in all circumstances/regardless of what happens►. God wants you to behave like that because of what Christ Jesus has done for you (OR, because you have a close relationship with Christ Jesus).

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."

1 Come, sing to Yahweh;

sing joyfully to the one who protects us [MET] and saves us!

2 We should thank him as we come before him,

and sing ◄joyful songs/joyfully► as we praise him.

3 Because Yahweh is the great God,

he is a great king who rules over all other gods.

4 He rules over the whole earth,

from the deepest places/caves to the highest mountains.

5 The seas are his, because he made them.

He is also the one who [SYN] formed/made the dry land.

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

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

1 Everyone in the world should shout joyfully to Yahweh!

2 We should worship Yahweh gladly!

We should come before him singing joyful songs.

2 We should worship Yahweh gladly!

We should come before him singing joyful songs.

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,

1 Sing to Yahweh a new song!

You people throughout the earth, sing to Yahweh!

2 Sing to Yahweh and praise him [MTY]!

Every day proclaim to others that he has saved/rescued us.

3 Tell about his glory/greatness to all people-groups;

tell all people-groups the marvelous things that he has done.

4 Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be praised very much;

he should be revered more than for all the gods,

5 because all the gods that other people-groups worship are only idols,

but Yahweh is truly great; he created the skies!

6 Those who are in his presence honor him and can see that he is a great king.

They can see in his temple that he is very powerful and is very beautiful.

7 You people in nations all over the earth, praise Yahweh!

Praise Yahweh for his glorious power [HEN]!

8 Praise Yahweh like he deserves to be praised,

Bring an offering and come to his temple.

9 Bow down before Yahweh when he appears in his holy/sacred temple;

everyone on the earth should tremble in front of him,

because he is majestic and holy.

3 Yahweh you are great, and ◄you ought to be praised/people should praise you► very much;

we cannot fully realize how great you are.

3 But you are holy.

You sit on your throne as king, and we the people of Israel praise you [PRS].

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!

24 He does not despise or ignore those who are suffering;

he does not hide ◄his face/himself► from them.

He has listened to them when they cried out to him for help.

1 Praise Yahweh!

It is good to sing to praise our God.

It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do.

3 Praise Yahweh, because he does good things for us;

sing to him [MTY], because he is kind to us.

1 Yahweh is the king!

I want everyone on the earth to be glad/happy,

and the people who live on the islands in the oceans to also rejoice about that!

12 You righteous people, rejoice about what Yahweh has done,

and thank him, our holy God!

8 I am Yahweh; that is my name.

I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve.

And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.

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.

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.

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. 20 At all times thank God, who is our heavenly Father, for everything, especially for what the Lord Jesus Christ [MTY] has done for you.

1 You righteous people should sing joyfully to Yahweh

because that is what he deserves.

2 Praise Yahweh as you play songs on the lyre/harp.

Praise him as you play other instruments that have many strings.

3 Sing a new song to him;

Play those instruments well, and shout joyfully as you play them!

8 David and all the Israeli people were celebrating in God’s presence with all their strength. They were singing and playing lyres, harps, tambourines, and cymbals, and blowing trumpets.

9 Sing to him; sing songs to praise him.

Tell about all his miraculous deeds.

3 He has given me a new song to sing,

a song to praise him who is our God.

Many people will find out what he has done for me,

and they will revere and trust him.

1 Yahweh, it is good for people to thank you

and to sing to praise you [MTY] who are greater than any other god.

1 Yahweh, I will sing to you!

I will sing about your faithfully loving us (OR, my being loyal to you and acting justly/fairly toward people).

1 Yahweh, I will sing to you!

I will sing about your faithfully loving us (OR, my being loyal to you and acting justly/fairly toward people).

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

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

21 Then, after consulting with some of the people, he appointed some men to go in front of the army, singing to Yahweh and praising him because of his being holy and wonderful. They were singing,

"Thank Yahweh,

because he faithfully loves us forever."

22 When they began to sing and praise Yahweh, Yahweh caused the soldiers from Ammon and Moab and Edom who were invading Judah to panic, with the result that they were defeated.

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]"

4 All you who belong to Yahweh, sing praise to him!

Think about what God, the holy one, has done, and thank him!

5 When he becomes angry, he is angry for only a very short time [HYP],

but he is good to us all of our life.

We may cry during the night,

but the next morning we will be joyful.

11 But now you have healed me, and you have caused me to change from being sad to dancing joyfully.

You have taken away the clothes that showed that I was very sad

and you have given me clothes that showed that I was very joyful.

12 So I will not be silent;

I will sing out loudly to praise you.

Yahweh, you are my God,

and I will thank you forever.

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."

10 Then I said to them, "Now go home and enjoy some good food and drink some sweet wine. And send some of it to people who do not have anything to eat or drink. This is a day that Yahweh considers sacred. Do not be sad! Yahweh will cause you to be joyful and make you strong."

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 I tell myself that I should praise Yahweh.

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

2 I tell myself that I should praise Yahweh

and never forget all the kind things he has done for me:

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.

2 I tell myself that I should praise Yahweh

and never forget all the kind things he has done for me:

3 He forgives all my sins,

and he heals me from all my diseases/sicknesses;

4 he keeps me from dying [MTY],

and blesses me by faithfully loving me and acting mercifully to me.

2 I tell myself that I should praise Yahweh

and never forget all the kind things he has done for me:

8 They should praise/thank Yahweh for loving them faithfully

and for the wonderful things that he does for people.

9 He gives thirsty people plenty of water to drink,

and he gives hungry people plenty of good things to eat.

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

Tell everyone in the world what he has done!

4 At that time you all will say,

"We should thank Yahweh! We should praise him [MTY]!

We should tell the people of all the people-groups what he has done;

we should enable them to know that he [MTY] is very great!

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.

23 God, whom my ancestors worshiped,

I thank you and I praise you,

because you have caused me to be wise and made me strong.

You have told me what my friends and I asked you to tell us;

and you have revealed to us what the king demanded to know."

12 They were singing in a loud voice:

"The one who is like a lamb was killed {whom his enemies killed}

but he became alive again.

He is worthy that all created beings acknowledge that he is infinitely powerful, infinitely rich, infinitely wise, and infinitely strong!

He is worthy of being honored and praised by all created beings!"

13 I also heard every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the ocean, every creature in all those places, saying (OR, singing):

"We must forever praise and honor the one who sits on the throne

and the one who is like a lamb,

May they reign with complete power forever!"

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."

5 Someone spoke from the throne and said, "All you who are our God’s servants, praise him! All you who reverence him, whether you are socially significant or insignificant, praise him! Everyone!"

5 Someone spoke from the throne and said, "All you who are our God’s servants, praise him! All you who reverence him, whether you are socially significant or insignificant, praise him! Everyone!"

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.

8 My fellow believers, there is one more thing I want you to do. Whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is right, whatever is morally pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is admirable, whatever is good, whatever deserves praise, those are the things that you should continually think about.

11 Serve Yahweh, fervently revering him;

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

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.

1 Yahweh, I will praise you with all of my inner being.

I will tell others about all the wonderful things that you have done.

1 Yahweh, I will praise you with all of my inner being.

I will tell others about all the wonderful things that you have done.

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

6 Praise Yahweh

because he has heard me when I called out for him to help me!

7 Yahweh makes me strong and protects me like a shield [MET];

I trusted in him, and he helped me.

I was glad,

and from my inner being I praised him as I sang to him.

23 The sacrifice that truly honors me is to thank me for what I have done;

and I will save those who always do the things that I want them to."

4 God, I praise/thank you because you do what you have promised;

I trust in you, and then I am not afraid.

Ordinary humans certainly cannot [RHQ] harm me!

17 God, you are the one who enables me to be strong;

you are my refuge;

you faithfully love me.

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.

1 God, it is right/appropriate for us to praise you in Jerusalem,

and to do what we have promised you that we would do,

2 because you answer our prayers.

People everywhere will come to you

3 because of the sins that they have committed.

Our many sins are like a very heavy burden to us,

but you forgive us.

17 I called out to him to help me,

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

20 I praise God

because he has not ignored my prayers

or stopped faithfully loving me.

3 But righteous people should be joyful;

they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence;

they should be happy, and be very joyful.

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.

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.

19 Praise the Lord, who helps us carry our heavy loads every day;

he is the one who saves/rescues us.

(Think about that!)

15 Yahweh, happy are the people who worship you with joyful shouts,

who live knowing that you are always watching over them.

1 Yahweh, people should praise only you [MTY];

they must praise you, not us,

because you faithfully love us and always do what you have promised to do.

1 You people of all nations, praise Yahweh!

All you people-groups, extol/praise him,

2 because he faithfully loves us very much.

and he will forever faithfully do for us what he promised that he would do.

Praise Yahweh!

7 When I learn all of ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►,

I will praise you with a pure inner being [IDM].

13 You created all the parts of my body;

you put the parts of my body together when I was still in my mother’s womb.

14 I praise you because you made my body in a very awesome and wonderful way.

Everything that you do is amazing!

I know that very well.

1 I praise Yahweh, who is like an overhanging rock under which I ◄get refuge/am protected►!

He trains my hands so that I can use them to fight battles;

he trains my fingers so that I can shoot arrows in a war.

1 Praise Yahweh!

With my whole inner being I will praise Yahweh.

2 I will praise Yahweh as long as I am alive;

I will sing to praise my God for the rest of my life.

14 However, before I tell you any more about that, I want to thank God for what he is doing. As a great leader of fighting men causes all his prisoners to take part in his victory parade [MET], God leads us who are his workers to always be victorious over Satan because of our(exc) close relationship with Christ. God causes people to come to know Jesus Christ as a result of our (exc) teaching his message. That message is like [MET] the smell of perfume.

5 he decided long ago that he would adopt us to be as though we were his own children because of what Jesus Christ has done. He decided to do that because it pleased him to do that. 6 He did it in order that we would praise him for acting very kindly toward us in a wonderful way that we did not deserve. He did it because of our relationship with his beloved Son {one, who is also God, whom he loves}.

16 I pray that, using his unlimited resources, he will cause you to be strengthened by his Spirit {cause his Spirit to strengthen you} in your ◄inner beings/hearts► with all God’s power.

9 But you are people whom God has chosen to belong to him. You are a group that represents God like priests do, and you rule with God [MET] like kings. You are ◄a holy group of people/a group of people who are separate from evil►. You are people who belong to God. This is in order that you might proclaim the virtues of God. He has called you from your former ways, when you were ignorant of his truth, into the marvelous understanding that he gives us [MET]. That is, he has called you out of spiritual darkness into spiritual light.

9 But you are people whom God has chosen to belong to him. You are a group that represents God like priests do, and you rule with God [MET] like kings. You are ◄a holy group of people/a group of people who are separate from evil►. You are people who belong to God. This is in order that you might proclaim the virtues of God. He has called you from your former ways, when you were ignorant of his truth, into the marvelous understanding that he gives us [MET]. That is, he has called you out of spiritual darkness into spiritual light. 10 What the prophet Hosea wrote is true of you

Formerly, you were not a people who had a relationship with God,

But now you are God’s people.

At one time God had not acted mercifully toward you,

But now he has acted mercifully toward you.

4 I call out to you, Yahweh;

you deserve to be praised,

and you rescue me from my enemies.

50 Because of all that, I exalt you among many people-groups

and I sing to praise you.

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.

3 He must say to them, ‘You Israeli men, listen to me! Today you are going to fight against your enemies. Do not be timid or afraid [DOU] or tremble or panic [DOU],