Ezr 3:11-13, Neh 12:43, Psa 14:7, 47:5-7, 81:1-3, 95:1-2, 100:1-2 | ESV | STEP | And they sang responsively , praising and giving thanks to the Lord , For he is good , for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel . And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord , because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

t[See ver. 1 above]

Ezra 3:11-13

11 And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord,

^a“For he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.”
And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. 12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, ^bold men who had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy, 13 so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people’s weeping, for the people shouted with a great shout, and the sound was heard far away.

Nehemiah 12:43

43 And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away.

Psalms 14:7

7 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord ^crestores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Psalms 47:5-7

5 God ^dhas gone up with a shout,
the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises!
Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
7 For God is ^ethe King of all the earth;
sing praises ^fwith a psalm! ^{▼▼Hebrew maskil}

Psalms 81:1-3

Oh, That My People Would Listen to Me

To the choirmaster: according to ^hThe Gittith. ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} Of ^jAsaph.

1 ^kSing aloud to God our strength;
^lshout for joy to the God of Jacob!
2 Raise a song; sound ^mthe tambourine,
ⁿthe sweet lyre with ^othe harp.
3 Blow the trumpet at ^pthe new moon,
at the full moon, on our feast day.

Psalms 95:1-2

Let Us Sing Songs of Praise

1 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;
let us ^qmake a joyful noise to ^rthe rock of our salvation!
2 Let us ^scome into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us ^tmake a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

Psalms 100:1-2

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

A Psalm for ^ugiving thanks.

1 ^vMake a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
2 ^wServe the Lord with gladness!
^xCome into his presence with singing!