Ezr 3:11-13, Psa 43:4, 71:23, 118:14-15, 135:3, 149:1-3, Rev 19:5-7 | 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.

j[See Ps. 148:14 above]

kSee Ps. 33:3

l Ps. 89:5, 7

m Ps. 85:6

nSee Ps. 95:6; Job 35:10

o 1 Sam. 12:12; Zech. 9:9

p Ps. 150:4; [Ps. 30:11]

q Ps. 150:4; Ex. 15:20

r Ps. 150:3

s Ps. 22:23; 113:1; 134:1; 135:1

t ch. 11:18

u Dan. 10:6; [ver. 1]

vSee ch. 1:15

w ch. 6:1; 14:2

x ch. 11:15, 17; Ps. 97:1

y Matt. 22:2; 25:10; Luke 12:36; 14:8; John 2:1; [Eph. 5:22-32]

z ch. 21:2, 9; [Isa. 54:5; Hos. 2:19, 20]

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.

Psalms 43:4

4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God.

Psalms 71:23

23 My lips will shout for joy,
when I sing praises to you;
my soul also, which you have ^credeemed.

Psalms 118:14-15

14 The Lord is my strength and my song;
^dhe has become my salvation.
15 Glad songs of salvation
are in the tents of the righteous:
^e“The right hand of the Lord ^fdoes valiantly,

Psalms 135:3

3 Praise the Lord, for ^gthe Lord is good;
sing to his name, ^hfor it is pleasant! ^{▼▼Or for he is beautiful}

Psalms 149:1-3

Sing to the Lord a New Song

1 ^jPraise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord ^ka new song,
his praise in ^lthe assembly of the godly!
2 Let Israel ^mbe glad in ⁿhis Maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their ^oKing!
3 Let them praise his name with ^pdancing,
making melody to him with ^qtambourine and ^rlyre!

Revelation of John 19:5-7

5 And from the throne came a voice saying,

^s“Praise our God,
all you his servants,
^tyou who fear him,
small and great.”

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

6 Then I heard what seemed to be ^uthe voice of a great multitude, like ^vthe roar of many waters and ^wlike the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out,

“Hallelujah!
For the Lord our God
the Almighty ^xreigns.
7 Let us rejoice and exult
and give him the glory,
for ^ythe marriage of the Lamb has come,
and ^zhis Bride has made herself ready;