Praise & Worship Verses
Lift your voice to the Lord! Powerful Psalms and verses of adoration, thanksgiving, and worship.
Which rejoice exceedingly, {and} are glad, when they can find the grave?
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
O remember that my life {is} wind: mine eye shall no more see good. {shall...: Heb. shall not return} {see: to see, that is, to enjoy}
What {is} man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
Behold, this {is} the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. {rejoicing: Heb. shouting for joy}
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt {them}.
If indeed ye will magnify {yourselves} against me, and plead against me my reproach:
That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow {it} down: according to {his} substance {shall} the restitution {be}, and he shall not rejoice {therein}. {his...: Heb. the substance of his exchange}
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all {other}, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. {are gone: Heb. are not} {taken...: Heb. closed up}