Give praise(A) to the Lord, proclaim his name;
    make known among the nations(B) what he has done.

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The Lord is my strength(A) and my shield;
    my heart trusts(B) in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,(C)
    and with my song I praise him.(D)

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Psalm 34[a][b]

Of David. When he pretended to be insane(A) before Abimelek, who drove him away, and he left.

I will extol the Lord at all times;(B)
    his praise will always be on my lips.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 34:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. Psalm 34:1 In Hebrew texts 34:1-22 is numbered 34:2-23.

Why, my soul, are you downcast?(A)
    Why so disturbed(B) within me?
Put your hope in God,(C)
    for I will yet praise(D) him,
    my Savior(E) and my God.(F)

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30 I will praise God’s name in song(A)
    and glorify him(B) with thanksgiving.

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Psalm 95

Come,(A) let us sing for joy(B) to the Lord;
    let us shout aloud(C) to the Rock(D) of our salvation.
Let us come before him(E) with thanksgiving(F)
    and extol him with music(G) and song.

For the Lord is the great God,(H)
    the great King(I) above all gods.(J)
In his hand are the depths of the earth,(K)
    and the mountain peaks belong to him.
The sea is his, for he made it,
    and his hands formed the dry land.(L)

Come, let us bow down(M) in worship,(N)
    let us kneel(O) before the Lord our Maker;(P)

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29 He stilled the storm(A) to a whisper;
    the waves(B) of the sea[a] were hushed.(C)
30 They were glad when it grew calm,
    and he guided them(D) to their desired haven.
31 Let them give thanks(E) to the Lord for his unfailing love(F)
    and his wonderful deeds(G) for mankind.
32 Let them exalt(H) him in the assembly(I) of the people
    and praise him in the council of the elders.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 107:29 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text / their waves

Enter his gates with thanksgiving(A)
    and his courts(B) with praise;
    give thanks to him and praise his name.(C)

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But I, with shouts of grateful praise,(A)
    will sacrifice(B) to you.
What I have vowed(C) I will make good.
    I will say, ‘Salvation(D) comes from the Lord.’”

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21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.(A)

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57 But thanks be to God!(A) He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.(B)

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14 But thanks be to God,(A) who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma(B) of the knowledge(C) of him everywhere.

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22 But the fruit(A) of the Spirit is love,(B) joy, peace,(C) forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.(D) Against such things there is no law.(E) 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh(F) with its passions and desires.(G) 25 Since we live by the Spirit,(H) let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited,(I) provoking and envying each other.

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But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality,(A) or of any kind of impurity, or of greed,(B) because these are improper for God’s holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk(C) or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.(D)

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20 always giving thanks(A) to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Instructions for Christian Households(B)

21 Submit to one another(C) out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands(D) as you do to the Lord.(E) 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,(F) his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands(G) in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives,(H) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her(I) 26 to make her holy,(J) cleansing[a] her by the washing(K) with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself(L) as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.(M) 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives(N) as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body.(O) 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[b](P) 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife(Q) as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 5:26 Or having cleansed
  2. Ephesians 5:31 Gen. 2:24

Final Exhortations

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!(A) Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.(B) Do not be anxious about anything,(C) but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.(D)

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Spiritual Fullness in Christ

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,(A) continue to live your lives in him, rooted(B) and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught,(C) and overflowing with thankfulness.

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15 Let the peace of Christ(A) rule in your hearts, since as members of one body(B) you were called to peace.(C) And be thankful.

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Further Instructions

Devote yourselves to prayer,(A) being watchful and thankful.

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16 Rejoice always,(A) 17 pray continually,(B) 18 give thanks in all circumstances;(C) for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

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For everything God created is good,(A) and nothing is to be rejected(B) if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God(C) and prayer.

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28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken,(A) let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,(B) 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:29 Deut. 4:24

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