12 “For(A) you shall go out with joy,
And be led out with peace;
The mountains and the hills
Shall (B)break forth into singing before you,
And (C)all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

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16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another (A)in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

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“Even (A)the stork in the heavens
Knows her appointed times;
And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow
Observe the time of their coming.
But (B)My people do not know the judgment of the Lord.

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15 Blessed are the people who know the (A)joyful sound!
They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.

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18 And (A)do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another (B)in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making (C)melody in your heart to the Lord, 20 (D)giving thanks always for all things to God the Father (E)in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard (A)the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, (B)you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 (C)who[a] is the [b]guarantee of our inheritance (D)until the redemption of (E)the purchased possession, (F)to the praise of His glory.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:14 NU which
  2. Ephesians 1:14 down payment, earnest

and (A)that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written:

(B)“For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles,
And sing to Your name.”

10 And again he says:

(C)“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!”

11 And again:

(D)“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!
Laud Him, all you peoples!”

12 And again, Isaiah says:

(E)“There shall be a root of Jesse;
And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles,
In Him the Gentiles shall hope.”

13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all (F)joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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I will be like the (A)dew to Israel;
He shall [a]grow like the lily,
And [b]lengthen his roots like Lebanon.
His branches shall [c]spread;
(B)His beauty shall be like an olive tree,
And (C)his fragrance like Lebanon.
(D)Those who dwell under his shadow shall return;
They shall be revived like grain,
And [d]grow like a vine.
Their [e]scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:5 Lit. bud or sprout
  2. Hosea 14:5 Lit. strike
  3. Hosea 14:6 Lit. go
  4. Hosea 14:7 Lit. bud or sprout
  5. Hosea 14:7 Lit. remembrance

Praise to the Lord

10 (A)Sing to the Lord a new song,
And His praise from the ends of the earth,
(B)You who go down to the sea, and [a]all that is in it,
You coastlands and you inhabitants of them!
11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice,
The villages that Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing,
Let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory to the Lord,
And declare His praise in the coastlands.

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  1. Isaiah 42:10 Lit. its fullness

The Future Glory of Zion

35 The (A)wilderness and the [a]wasteland shall be glad for them,
And the (B)desert[b] shall rejoice and blossom as the rose;
(C)It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice,
Even with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
The excellence of Carmel and Sharon.
They shall see the (D)glory of the Lord,
The excellency of our God.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 35:1 desert
  2. Isaiah 35:1 Heb. arabah

Praise the Lord from the earth,
(A)You great sea creatures and all the depths;
Fire and hail, snow and clouds;
Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
(B)Mountains and all hills;
Fruitful trees and all cedars;
10 Beasts and all cattle;
Creeping things and flying fowl;
11 Kings of the earth and all peoples;
Princes and all judges of the earth;
12 Both young men and maidens;
Old men and children.

13 Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For His (C)name alone is exalted;
His glory is above the earth and heaven.

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Faith Persevering in Trial(A)

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

40 I (B)waited patiently for the Lord;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of (C)the miry clay,
And (D)set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
(E)He has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the Lord.

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