Psalm 43:4
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4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the harp,
O God, my God.(A)
Isaiah 61:10
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10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
my whole being shall exult in my God,
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.(A)
Habakkuk 3:17-18
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Trust and Joy in the Midst of Trouble
17 Though the fig tree does not blossom
and no fruit is on the vines;
though the produce of the olive fails
and the fields yield no food;
though the flock is cut off from the fold
and there is no herd in the stalls,(A)
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will exult in the God of my salvation.(B)
Psalm 66:13-15
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13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings;
I will pay you my vows,(A)
14 those that my lips uttered
and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.(B)
15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fatted calves,
with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;
I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah(C)
Psalm 57:8
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8 Awake, my soul!
Awake, O harp and lyre!
I will awake the dawn.(A)
Psalm 116:12-19
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12 What shall I return to the Lord
for all his bounty to me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord;
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.(A)
15 Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his faithful ones.(B)
16 O Lord, I am your servant;
I am your servant, the child of your serving girl.
You have loosed my bonds.(C)
17 I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice
and call on the name of the Lord.(D)
18 I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!(E)
Psalm 71:22-23
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22 I will also praise you with the harp
for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.(A)
23 My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praises to you;
my soul also, which you have rescued.(B)
Psalm 33:2
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2 Praise the Lord with the lyre;
make melody to him with the harp of ten strings.(A)
Psalm 81:2
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2 Raise a song; sound the tambourine,
the sweet lyre with the harp.
Psalm 42:6
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6 and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
from Mount Mizar.
Psalm 26:6
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6 I wash my hands in innocence
and go around your altar, O Lord,(A)
2 Samuel 6:5
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5 David and all the house of Israel were dancing before the Lord with all their might, with songs[a] and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.(A)
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Romans 5:11
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11 But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
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Revelation 5:8
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8 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, each holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.(A)
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