Praise & Worship Verses
Lift your voice to the Lord! Powerful Psalms and verses of adoration, thanksgiving, and worship.
Who rejoice to do evil, {and} delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools. {shall be...: Heb. exalteth the fools}
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, {there is} shouting.
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Deceit {is} in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace {is} joy.
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. {lamp: or, candle}
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. {his own...: Heb. the bitterness of his soul}
{He that is} slow to wrath {is} of great understanding: but {he that is} hasty of spirit exalteth folly. {hasty...: Heb. short of spirit}
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin {is} a reproach to any people. {to any...: Heb. to nations}
Folly {is} joy to {him that is} destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. {destitute...: Heb. void of heart}