Serve the Lord with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing.

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    Worship the Lord(A) with gladness;
    come before him(B) with joyful songs.

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(A)Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

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Final Exhortations

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!(A)

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Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with (A)psalms.

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Let us come before him(A) with thanksgiving(B)
    and extol him with music(C) and song.

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23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You,
And (A)my soul, which You have redeemed.

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23 My lips will shout for joy(A)
    when I sing praise to you—
    I whom you have delivered.(B)

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46 (A)So continuing daily with one accord (B)in the temple, and (C)breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And (D)the Lord added [a]to the church daily those who were being saved.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:47 NU omits to the church

46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts.(A) They broke bread(B) in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people.(C) And the Lord added to their number(D) daily those who were being saved.

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27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had (A)made them rejoice over their enemies. 28 So they came to Jerusalem, with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets, to the house of the Lord.

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27 Then, led by Jehoshaphat, all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the Lord had given them cause to rejoice over their enemies. 28 They entered Jerusalem and went to the temple of the Lord with harps and lyres and trumpets.

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47 (A)“Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness of heart, (B)for the abundance of everything,

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47 Because you did not serve(A) the Lord your God joyfully and gladly(B) in the time of prosperity,

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When I remember these things,
(A)I pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go with the multitude;
(B)I went with them to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and praise,
With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.

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These things I remember
    as I pour out my soul:(A)
how I used to go to the house of God(B)
    under the protection of the Mighty One[a]
with shouts of joy(C) and praise(D)
    among the festive throng.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

21 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
22 (A)Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And (B)declare His works with [a]rejoicing.

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  1. Psalm 107:22 joyful singing

21 Let them give thanks(A) to the Lord for his unfailing love(B)
    and his wonderful deeds(C) for mankind.
22 Let them sacrifice thank offerings(D)
    and tell of his works(E) with songs of joy.(F)

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14 And (A)you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your [a]gates.

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  1. Deuteronomy 16:14 towns

14 Be joyful(A) at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.

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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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11 And rejoice(A) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name(B)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites(C) in your towns, and the foreigners,(D) the fatherless and the widows living among you.(E)

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12 And (A)you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female servants, and the (B)Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

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12 And there rejoice(A) before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites(B) from your towns who have no allotment or inheritance(C) of their own.

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Thus I will bless You while I live;
I will (A)lift up my hands in Your name.
My soul shall be satisfied as with [a]marrow and [b]fatness,
And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 63:5 Lit. fat
  2. Psalm 63:5 Abundance

I will praise you as long as I live,(A)
    and in your name I will lift up my hands.(B)
I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;(C)
    with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

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