Ezr 3:11-13, Psa 66:1, 98:4-8, 100:1, Isa 12:4-6, Jer 33:11, Mat 21:9 | 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.

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 66:1

How Awesome Are Your Deeds

To the choirmaster. A Song. A Psalm.

1 ^cShout for joy to God, all the earth;

Psalms 98:4-8

4 ^dMake a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
^ebreak forth into joyous song and sing praises!
5 Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and the ^fsound of melody!
6 With ^gtrumpets and the sound of ^hthe horn
ⁱmake a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!
7 ^jLet the sea roar, and ^kall that fills it;
^lthe world and those who dwell in it!
8 Let the rivers ^mclap their hands;
let ⁿthe hills sing for joy together

Psalms 100:1

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

A Psalm for ^ogiving thanks.

1 ^pMake a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!

Isaiah 12:4-6

4 ^qAnd you will say in that day:

^r“Give thanks to the Lord,
call upon his name,
^smake known his deeds among the peoples,
proclaim ^tthat his name is exalted.
5 ^u“Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;
let this be made known ^{▼▼Or this is made known} in all the earth.
6 Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
for great ^win your ^{▼▼The Hebrew for your in verse 6 is singular, referring to the inhabitant of Zion} midst is ^ythe Holy One of Israel.”

Jeremiah 33:11

11 ^zthe voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring ^aathank offerings to the house of the Lord:

^ab“‘Give thanks to the Lord of hosts,
for the Lord is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!’
^acFor I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.

Matthew 21:9

9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, ^ad“Hosanna to ^aethe Son of David! ^afBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna ^agin the highest!”

Ezra 3:11-13