Isaiah 38:20
New Living Translation
20 Think of it—the Lord is ready to heal me!
I will sing his praises with instruments
every day of my life
in the Temple of the Lord.
Psalm 116:2
New Living Translation
2 Because he bends down to listen,
I will pray as long as I have breath!
Psalm 150:4
New Living Translation
4 Praise him with the tambourine and dancing;
praise him with strings and flutes!
Psalm 145:2
New Living Translation
2 I will praise you every day;
yes, I will praise you forever.
Habakkuk 3:19
New Living Translation
19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength!
He makes me as surefooted as a deer,[a]
able to tread upon the heights.
(For the choir director: This prayer is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)
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- 3:19 Or He gives me the speed of a deer.
Psalm 116:17-19
New Living Translation
17 I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving
and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people—
19 in the house of the Lord
in the heart of Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!
Psalm 68:25
New Living Translation
25 Singers are in front, musicians behind;
between them are young women playing tambourines.
Psalm 66:13-15
New Living Translation
13 Now I come to your Temple with burnt offerings
to fulfill the vows I made to you—
14 yes, the sacred vows that I made
when I was in deep trouble.
15 That is why I am sacrificing burnt offerings to you—
the best of my rams as a pleasing aroma,
and a sacrifice of bulls and male goats. Interlude
Psalm 51:15
New Living Translation
15 Unseal my lips, O Lord,
that my mouth may praise you.
Psalm 33:2
New Living Translation
2 Praise the Lord with melodies on the lyre;
make music for him on the ten-stringed harp.
Psalm 30:11-12
New Living Translation
11 You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing.
You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,
12 that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!
Psalm 27:5-6
New Living Translation
5 For he will conceal me there when troubles come;
he will hide me in his sanctuary.
He will place me out of reach on a high rock.
6 Then I will hold my head high
above my enemies who surround me.
At his sanctuary I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy,
singing and praising the Lord with music.
Psalm 9:13-14
New Living Translation
13 Lord, have mercy on me.
See how my enemies torment me.
Snatch me back from the jaws of death.
14 Save me so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem’s gates,
so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.
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