Psalm 105:2
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2 Sing to him, sing praises to him;
tell of all his wonderful works.(A)
Psalm 119:27
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27 Make me understand the way of your precepts,
and I will meditate on your wondrous works.(A)
Psalm 77:12
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12 I will meditate on all your work
and muse on your mighty deeds.
Isaiah 12:5-6
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5 Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;
let this be known in all the earth.(A)
6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, O royal[a] Zion,
for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”(B)
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- 12.6 Or O inhabitant of
Psalm 98:5
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5 Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and the sound of melody.
Psalm 98:1
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Psalm 98
Praise the Judge of the World
A Psalm.
1 O sing to the Lord a new song,
for he has done marvelous things.
His right hand and his holy arm
have gotten him victory.(A)
Psalm 78:4-6
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4 We will not hide them from their children;
we will tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord and his might
and the wonders that he has done.(A)
5 He established a decree in Jacob
and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
to teach to their children,(B)
6 that the next generation might know them,
the children yet unborn,
and rise up and tell them to their children,(C)
Ephesians 5:19
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19 as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to one another, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts,(A)
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Luke 24:14-53
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14 and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15 While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them,(A) 16 but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17 And he said to them, “What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?” They stood still, looking sad.[a] 18 Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?”(B) 19 He asked them, “What things?” They replied, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth,[b] who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,(C) 20 and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. 21 But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel.[c] Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things took place.(D) 22 Moreover, some women of our group astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning,(E) 23 and when they did not find his body there they came back and told us that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. 24 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.”(F) 25 Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! 26 Was it not necessary that the Messiah[d] should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?”(G) 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.(H)
28 As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on.(I) 29 But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.” So he went in to stay with them. 30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.(J) 31 Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished from their sight. 32 They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us[e] while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?” 33 That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem, and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together.(K) 34 They were saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!”(L) 35 Then they told what had happened on the road and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
36 While they were talking about this, Jesus[f] himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”[g] 37 They were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost.(M) 38 He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see, for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”(N) 40 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.[h] 41 Yet for all their joy they were still disbelieving and wondering, and he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”(O) 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish,[i] 43 and he took it and ate in their presence.(P)
44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.”(Q) 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 46 and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah[j] is[k] to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day(R) 47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.(S) 48 You are witnesses[l] of these things.(T) 49 And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised, so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”(U)
The Ascension of Jesus
50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them.(V) 51 While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven.[m](W) 52 And they worshiped him and[n] returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and they were continually in the temple[o] blessing God.[p](X)
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- 24.17 Other ancient authorities read walk along, looking sad?”
- 24.19 Other ancient authorities read Jesus the Nazorean
- 24.21 Or to set Israel free
- 24.26 Or the Christ
- 24.32 Other ancient authorities lack within us
- 24.36 Gk he
- 24.36 Other ancient authorities lack and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
- 24.40 Other ancient authorities lack 24.40
- 24.42 Other ancient authorities add and some honeycomb
- 24.46 Or the Christ
- 24.46 Other ancient authorities read written, and thus it was necessary for the Messiah
- 24.48 Or nations. Beginning from Jerusalem
you are witnesses - 24.51 Other ancient authorities lack and was carried up into heaven
- 24.52 Other ancient authorities lack worshiped him and
- 24.53 Other ancient authorities add praising and
- 24.53 Other ancient authorities add Amen
Isaiah 42:10-12
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A Hymn of Praise
10 Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise from the end of the earth!
Let the sea roar[a] and all that fills it,
the coastlands and their inhabitants.(A)
11 Let the desert and its towns lift up their voice,
the villages that Kedar inhabits;
let the inhabitants of Sela shout for joy;
let them shout from the tops of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory to the Lord
and declare his praise in the coastlands.(B)
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- 42.10 Cn: Heb Those who go down to the sea
Psalm 96:1-2
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Psalm 96
Praise to God Who Comes in Judgment
1 O sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.(A)
2 Sing to the Lord; bless his name;
tell of his salvation from day to day.(B)
Psalm 47:6-7
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6 Sing praises to God, sing praises;
sing praises to our King, sing praises.(A)
7 For God is the king of all the earth;
sing praises with a psalm.[a](B)
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- 47.7 Heb Maskil
Judges 5:3
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3 Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes;
to the Lord I will sing;
I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.(A)
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
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6 Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. 7 Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.(A) 8 Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem[a] on your forehead,(B) 9 and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.(C)
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- 6.8 Or as a frontlet
Exodus 13:8-9
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8 You shall tell your child on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’(A) 9 It shall serve for you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the teaching of the Lord may be on your lips, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt.(B)
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Revelation 15:3-4
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3 And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb:
“Great and amazing are your deeds,
Lord God the Almighty!
Just and true are your ways,
King of the nations![a](A)
4 Lord, who will not fear
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
and worship before you,
for your judgments have been revealed.”(B)
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- 15.3 Other ancient authorities read the ages
Exodus 13:14
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14 When in the future your child asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall answer, ‘By strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.(A)
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