make music to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing,

let them sing before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity.

I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.

I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

Psalm 147

Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.

Psalm 149

Praise the Lord. Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of his faithful people.

Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world.

And you will sing as on the night you celebrate a holy festival; your hearts will rejoice as when people playing pipes go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.

Song of Praise to the Lord

Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who live in them.

Sing to the Lord! Give praise to the Lord! He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked.

say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph—which is in Ephraim’s hand—and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah’s stick. I will make them into a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.’

speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,