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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Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I 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, and make a joyful noise unto him with 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 unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast 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 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

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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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47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

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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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27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto 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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When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

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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.

11 And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

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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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21 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

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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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12 And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part 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 will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

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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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66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.

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66 On the following day he sent the people away. They blessed the king and then went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good(A) things the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

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