Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God my exceeding joy;
And on the harp I will praise You,
O God, my God.

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Then I will go(A) to the altar(B) of God,
    to God, my joy(C) and my delight.(D)
I will praise you with the lyre,(E)
    O God, my God.

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10 (A)I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For (B)He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
(C)As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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10 I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices(A) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,(B)
as a bridegroom adorns his head(C) like a priest,
    and as a bride(D) adorns herself with her jewels.

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A Hymn of Faith

17 Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
18 Yet I will (A)rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.

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17 Though the fig tree does not bud
    and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
    and the fields produce no food,(A)
though there are no sheep in the pen
    and no cattle in the stalls,(B)
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,(C)
    I will be joyful in God my Savior.(D)

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13 (A)I will go into Your house with burnt offerings;
(B)I will pay You my [a]vows,
14 Which my lips have uttered
And my mouth has spoken when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer You burnt sacrifices of fat animals,
With the sweet aroma of rams;
I will offer bulls with goats. Selah

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  1. Psalm 66:13 Promised deeds

13 I will come to your temple with burnt offerings(A)
    and fulfill my vows(B) to you—
14 vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke
    when I was in trouble.
15 I will sacrifice fat animals to you
    and an offering of rams;
    I will offer bulls and goats.(C)

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Awake, (A)my glory!
Awake, lute and harp!
I will awaken the dawn.

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Awake, my soul!
    Awake, harp and lyre!(A)
    I will awaken the dawn.

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12 What shall I render to the Lord
For all His benefits toward me?
13 I will take up the cup of salvation,
And call upon the name of the Lord.
14 (A)I will pay my vows to the Lord
Now in the presence of all His people.

15 (B)Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His saints.

16 O Lord, truly (C)I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, (D)the son of Your maidservant;
You have loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to You (E)the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the Lord.

18 I will pay my vows to the Lord
Now in the presence of all His people,
19 In the (F)courts of the Lord’s house,
In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.

[a]Praise the Lord!

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  1. Psalm 116:19 Heb. Hallelujah

12 What shall I return to the Lord
    for all his goodness(A) to me?

13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
    and call on the name(B) of the Lord.
14 I will fulfill my vows(C) to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people.

15 Precious in the sight(D) of the Lord
    is the death of his faithful servants.(E)
16 Truly I am your servant, Lord;(F)
    I serve you just as my mother did;(G)
    you have freed me from my chains.(H)

17 I will sacrifice a thank offering(I) to you
    and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will fulfill my vows(J) to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts(K) of the house of the Lord
    in your midst, Jerusalem.(L)

Praise the Lord.[a]

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  1. Psalm 116:19 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

22 Also (A)with the lute I will praise You—
And Your faithfulness, O my God!
To You I will sing with the harp,
O (B)Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You,
And (C)my soul, which You have redeemed.

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22 I will praise you with the harp(A)
    for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing praise to you with the lyre,(B)
    Holy One of Israel.(C)
23 My lips will shout for joy(D)
    when I sing praise to you—
    I whom you have delivered.(E)

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Praise the Lord with the harp;
[a]Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.

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  1. Psalm 33:2 Lit. Sing to Him

Praise the Lord with the harp;(A)
    make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.(B)

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Raise a song and strike the timbrel,
The pleasant harp with the lute.

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Begin the music, strike the timbrel,(A)
    play the melodious harp(B) and lyre.(C)

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[a]O my God, my soul is cast down within me;
Therefore I will remember You from the land of the Jordan,
And from the heights of Hermon,
From [b]the Hill Mizar.

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  1. Psalm 42:6 So with MT, Tg.; a few Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. put my God at the end of v. 5
  2. Psalm 42:6 Or Mount

My soul is downcast within me;
    therefore I will remember(A) you
from the land of the Jordan,(B)
    the heights of Hermon(C)—from Mount Mizar.

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I will wash my hands in innocence;
So I will go about Your altar, O Lord,

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I wash my hands in innocence,(A)
    and go about your altar, Lord,

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Then David and all the house of Israel (A)played music before the Lord on all kinds of instruments of fir wood, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on sistrums, and on cymbals.

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David and all Israel were celebrating(A) with all their might before the Lord, with castanets,[a] harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.(B)

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  1. 2 Samuel 6:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 13:8) songs

11 And not only that, but we also (A)rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

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11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.(A)

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