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15 There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous:
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly;(A)

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46 Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home[a] and ate their food with glad and generous[b] hearts,(A) 47 praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.(B)

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  1. 2.46 Or from house to house
  2. 2.46 Or sincere

13 You have a mighty arm;
    strong is your hand, high your right hand.(A)

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12 With God we shall do valiantly;
    it is he who will tread down our foes.(A)

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20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints and apostles and prophets! For God has condemned her condemnation of you.(A)

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34 He brought them up into the house and set food before them, and he and his entire household rejoiced that he had become a believer in God.(A)

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51 He has shown strength with his arm;
    he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.(A)

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13 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
My servants shall eat,
    but you shall be hungry;
my servants shall drink,
    but you shall be thirsty;
my servants shall rejoice,
    but you shall be put to shame;(A)

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Psalm 98

Praise the Judge of the World

A Psalm.

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)

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Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power—
    your right hand, O Lord, shattered the enemy.(A)

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111 Your decrees are my heritage forever;
    they are the joy of my heart.(A)

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But let the righteous be joyful;
    let them exult before God;
    let them be jubilant with joy.(A)

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The Rejoicing in Heaven

19 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,

“Hallelujah!
Salvation and glory and power to our God,(A)
    for his judgments are true and just;
he has judged the great whore[a]
    who corrupted the earth with her prostitution,
and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”(B)

Once more they said,

“Hallelujah!
The smoke goes up from her forever and ever.”(C)

And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who is seated on the throne, saying,

“Amen. Hallelujah!”(D)

And from the throne came a voice saying,

“Praise our God,
    all you his servants
and[b] all who fear him,
    small and great.”(E)

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  1. 19.2 Or prostitute
  2. 19.5 Other ancient authorities lack and

Awake, awake, put on strength,
    O arm of the Lord!
Awake, as in days of old,
    the generations of long ago!
Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces,
    who pierced the dragon?(A)
10 Was it not you who dried up the sea,
    the waters of the great deep;
who made the depths of the sea a way
    for the redeemed to cross over?(B)
11 So the ransomed of the Lord shall return
    and come to Zion with rejoicing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
    they shall obtain joy and gladness,
    and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.(C)

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In your majesty ride on victoriously
    for the cause of truth and to defend[a] the right;
    let your right hand teach you dread deeds.(A)

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  1. 45.4 Cn: Heb and the meekness of

for not by their own sword did they win the land,
    nor did their own arm give them victory,
but your right hand, and your arm,
    and the light of your countenance,
    for you delighted in them.(A)

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11 Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous,
    and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.(A)

Psalm 33

The Greatness and Goodness of God

Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous.
    Praise befits the upright.(B)

11 You have turned my mourning into dancing;
    you have taken off my sackcloth
    and clothed me with joy,(A)
12 so that my soul[a] may praise you and not be silent.
    O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever.(B)

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  1. 30.12 Heb that glory

12 And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you together with your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levites who reside in your towns (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).(A)

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54 Your statutes have been my songs
    wherever I make my home.

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