For what thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sake before our God,

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Let the rivers clap their hands;
Let the hills be joyful together
    before the Lord,
(A)For He is coming to judge the earth.
With righteousness He shall judge the world,
And the peoples with [a]equity.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 98:9 uprightness

12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it.
Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice
13     before the Lord.
For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth.
(A)He shall judge the world with righteousness,
And the peoples with His truth.

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14 But I will hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.
15 My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And Your salvation all the day,
For I do not know their limits.

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therefore, brethren, in all our affliction and distress (A)we were comforted concerning you by your faith. For now we live, if you (B)stand fast in the Lord.

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19 For (A)what is our hope, or joy, or (B)crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the (C)presence of our Lord Jesus Christ (D)at His coming?

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Their Good Example

(A)We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing (B)your work of faith, (C)labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,

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14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us [a]diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 2:14 manifests

But (A)let the righteous be glad;
Let them rejoice before God;
Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.

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And the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said:

“Stand up and bless the Lord your God
Forever and ever!

“Blessed be (A)Your glorious name,
Which is exalted above all blessing and praise!

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David’s Thanksgiving to God(A)

18 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord; and he said: (B)“Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far? 19 And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O Lord God; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come. (C)Is this the manner of man, O Lord God? 20 Now what more can David say to You? For You, Lord God, (D)know Your servant.

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21 So David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, (A)who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the (B)people of the Lord, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the Lord.

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11 (A)You shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.

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18 But you must eat them before the Lord your God in the place which the Lord your God chooses, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God in [a]all to which you put your hands.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:18 all your undertakings

(A)You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess served their gods, (B)on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.

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