Psalms 42:4

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Psalms 42:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?

3 My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”

4 These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.

5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.

6 O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.

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Ruth 1:21

I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”

Job 29:2

“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

Job 29:3

when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

Job 29:4

when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

Job 29:5

when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

Job 29:6

when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

Job 29:7

When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

Job 29:8

the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

Job 29:9

The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

Job 29:10

The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

Job 29:11

For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,

Job 29:12

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Job 29:13

The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Job 29:14

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

Job 29:15

I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

Job 29:17

I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Job 29:18

So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.

Job 29:19

My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

Job 29:20

My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’

Job 29:21

Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

Job 29:22

After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.

Job 29:23

They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

Job 29:24

If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

Job 29:25

I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

Job 30:1

“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.

Job 30:2

What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?

Job 30:3

Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.

Job 30:4

They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

Job 30:5

They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,

Job 30:6

so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

Job 30:7

They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.

Job 30:8

A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.

Job 30:9

And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

Job 30:10

They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

Job 30:11

Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

Job 30:12

The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.

Job 30:13

They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.

Job 30:14

They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.

Job 30:15

Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

Job 30:16

And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.

Job 30:17

Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

Job 30:18

With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.

Job 30:19

He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

Job 30:20

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

Job 30:21

You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.

Job 30:22

You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.

Job 30:23

Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

Job 30:24

Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

Job 30:25

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

Job 30:26

But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

Job 30:27

I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.

Job 30:28

I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

Job 30:29

I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

Job 30:30

My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

Job 30:31

My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.

Lamentations 4:1

How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

Psalms 62:8

Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

1 Samuel 1:15

“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.

1 Samuel 1:16

Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”

1 Chronicles 15:15

And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 15:16

David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

1 Chronicles 15:17

So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;

1 Chronicles 15:18

and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

1 Chronicles 15:19

The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.

1 Chronicles 15:20

Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth.

1 Chronicles 15:21

And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.

1 Chronicles 15:22

Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.

1 Chronicles 15:23

Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.

1 Chronicles 15:24

Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.

1 Chronicles 15:25

So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

1 Chronicles 15:26

And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

1 Chronicles 15:27

Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.

1 Chronicles 15:28

So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.

1 Chronicles 16:1

So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

1 Chronicles 16:2

When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 16:3

Then he distributed to every man and woman of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.

1 Chronicles 16:4

David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 16:5

Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals

1 Chronicles 16:6

and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

1 Chronicles 16:7

On that day David first committed to Asaph and his brothers this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:

1 Chronicles 16:8

“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.

1 Chronicles 16:9

Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.

1 Chronicles 16:10

Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

1 Chronicles 16:11

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

1 Chronicles 16:12

Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,

1 Chronicles 16:13

O offspring of His servant Israel, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.

1 Chronicles 16:14

He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:15

Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—

1 Chronicles 16:16

the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.

1 Chronicles 16:17

He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

1 Chronicles 16:18

‘I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.’

1 Chronicles 16:19

When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

1 Chronicles 16:20

they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

1 Chronicles 16:21

He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

1 Chronicles 16:22

‘Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!’

1 Chronicles 16:23

Sing to the LORD, all the earth. Proclaim His salvation day after day.

1 Chronicles 16:24

Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.

1 Chronicles 16:25

For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

1 Chronicles 16:26

For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

1 Chronicles 16:27

Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy fill His dwelling.

1 Chronicles 16:28

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

1 Chronicles 16:29

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness;

1 Chronicles 16:30

tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

1 Chronicles 16:31

Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’

1 Chronicles 16:32

Let the sea resound, and all that fills it; let the fields exult, and all that is in them.

1 Chronicles 16:33

Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:34

Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

1 Chronicles 16:35

Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’

1 Chronicles 16:36

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and “Praise the LORD!”

1 Chronicles 16:37

So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements,

1 Chronicles 16:38

along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.

1 Chronicles 16:39

And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon

1 Chronicles 16:40

to regularly present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offerings, morning and evening, according to all that was written in the Law of the LORD, which He had commanded Israel to keep.

1 Chronicles 16:41

With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “His loving devotion endures forever.”

1 Chronicles 16:42

Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.

1 Chronicles 16:43

Then all the people departed for their homes, and David returned home to bless his household.

Psalms 81:1

Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

Psalms 81:2

Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.

Psalms 81:3

Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.

Psalms 122:1

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

Deuteronomy 16:11

and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

Deuteronomy 16:14

And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

Deuteronomy 16:15

For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.

2 Chronicles 7:10

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.

2 Chronicles 30:23

The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.

2 Chronicles 30:24

For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.

2 Chronicles 30:25

Then the whole assembly of Judah rejoiced along with the priests and Levites and the whole assembly that had come from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and those who lived in Judah.

2 Chronicles 30:26

So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.

Isaiah 30:29

You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

Nahum 1:15

Look to the mountains— the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.