Musical Praise in the Psalms

• Psalm 101:1 – “I will sing of your love and justice; to you, LORD, I will sing praise.”
• Psalm 13:6 – “I will sing the LORD’s praise, for he has been good to me.”
• Psalm 28:7 – “The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.”
• Psalm 57:7 – “My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.”
• Psalm 104:33 – “I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.”
• Psalm 135:3 – “Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.”
• Psalm 146:2 – “I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.”
• Psalm 108:3 – “I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.”
• Psalm 56:4 – “In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”

Singing and Music in Worship

• 2 Samuel 22:50 – “Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.”
• Revelation 5:9 – “And they sang a new song, saying: ‘You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.'”
• Revelation 14:3 – “And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.”
• Exodus 15:1 – “Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: ‘I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.'”
• Psalm 30:4 – “Sing the praises of the LORD, you his faithful people; praise his holy name.”
• Psalm 40:3 – “He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him.”

Songs of Deliverance

• Psalm 32:7 – “You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.”
• Exodus 15:1-2 – “Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: ‘I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea. The LORD is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.”
• Judges 5:1 – “On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:”
• 2 Chronicles 20:21-22 – “After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD, for his love endures forever.’ As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.”
• Isaiah 30:29 – “You will sing as on the night you celebrate a holy festival; your hearts will rejoice as when people playing pipes go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.”
• Psalm 118:14-15 – “The LORD is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: ‘The LORD’s right hand has done mighty things!’”
• Isaiah 42:10 – “Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who live in them.”
• Psalm 96:1 – “Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.”

Thanksgiving and Gratitude Music

• Psalm 69:30 – “I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.”
• Psalm 100:2 – “Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.”
• Colossians 3:16-17 – “Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
• Psalm 95:2 – “Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.”
• Psalm 105:2 – “Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.”
• Psalm 9:11 – “Sing the praises of the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.”
• Psalm 75:9 – “As for me, I will declare this forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.”
• Psalm 26:7 – “Proclaiming aloud your praise and telling of all your wonderful deeds.”

Reflection and Meditation Music

• Psalm 19:14 – “May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.”
• Psalm 77:6 – “I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked:”
• Psalm 119:54 – “Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge.”
• Psalm 63:6 – “On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.”
• Psalm 143:5 – “I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.”
• Psalm 9:2 – “I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.”
• Psalm 104:34 – “May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD.”
• Psalm 119:15 – “I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.”
• Psalm 5:1 – “Listen to my words, LORD, consider my lament.”

Joy and Gladness Music

• Psalm 51:12 – “Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”
• Psalm 97:12 – “Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.”
• Psalm 81:1-2 – “Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob! Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.”
• Psalm 98:4 – “Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music;”
• Psalm 126:2 – “Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, ‘The LORD has done great things for them.'”
• Isaiah 55:12 – “You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.”
• Zephaniah 3:14 – “Sing, Daughter Zion; shout aloud, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!”
• Psalm 67:4 – “May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth.”
• Psalm 89:15-16 – “Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD. They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness.”
• Psalm 32:11 – “Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!”

Calling to Worship and Praise with Music

• Psalm 95:1 – “Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.”
• Psalm 100:1-2 – “Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.”
• Psalm 66:1-2 – “Shout for joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious.”
• Psalm 134:1-2 – “Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD.”
• Psalm 117:1-2 – “Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.”
• Isaiah 12:5 – “Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world.”
• Psalm 29:1-2 – “Ascribe to the LORD, you heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.”
• Psalm 33:3 – “Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.”
• Psalm 96:1-2 – “Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. Sing to the LORD, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.”

Divine Protection and Comfort through Music

• Psalm 91:1-2 – “Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.'”
• Psalm 121:1-2 – “I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.”
• Psalm 46:1-3 – “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.”
• 2 Samuel 22:3-4 – “My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior— from violent people you save me. I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and have been saved from my enemies.”
• Psalm 3:3-4 – “But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. I call out to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain.”
• Psalm 59:16 – “But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.”
• Isaiah 41:10 – “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
• Psalm 18:2 – “The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”
• Psalm 28:7-8 – “The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. The LORD is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.”

Prophetic Music and Songs

• 1 Samuel 10:5-6 – “After that you will go to Gibeah of God, where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place with lyres, timbrels, pipes, and harps being played before them, and they will be prophesying. The Spirit of the LORD will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person.”
• 2 Kings 3:15 – “But now bring me a harpist.” While the harpist was playing, the hand of the LORD came on Elisha.”
• 1 Chronicles 25:3 – “As for Jeduthun, from his sons: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all, under the supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied using the harp in thanking and praising the LORD.”
• 2 Chronicles 29:30 – “King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.”
• Ezra 3:10-11 – “When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their vestments and with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their places to praise the LORD, as prescribed by David king of Israel. With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the LORD: ‘He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever.’ And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.”
• Psalm 49:4 – “I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will disclose my dark saying on the harp.”
• Amos 6:5 – “You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments.”

Musical Instruction and Learning

• Ephesians 5:19 – “Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,”
• Deuteronomy 31:19 – “Now write down this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against them.”
• 2 Chronicles 23:13 – “She looked, and there was the king, standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Athaliah tore her robes and cried out, ‘Treason! Treason!'”
• Nehemiah 12:46 – “For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.”
• 1 Chronicles 15:22 – “Kenaniah the head Levite was in charge of the singing; that was his responsibility because he was skillful at it.”
• 1 Chronicles 15:27 – “David was clothed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and as were the musicians, and Kenaniah, who was in charge of the singing of the choirs. David also wore a linen ephod.”

Music in Celebration and Victory

• 1 Samuel 18:6-7 – “When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres. As they danced, they sang: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.'”
• 2 Chronicles 20:27-28 – “Then, led by Jehoshaphat, all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the LORD had given them cause to rejoice over their enemies. They entered Jerusalem and went to the temple of the LORD with harps and lyres and trumpets.”
• Revelation 15:2-3 – “And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over the number of its name. They held harps given them by God and sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: ‘Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the nations.'”
• Psalm 18:49 – “Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.”

Lamentation and Mourning

• 2 Samuel 1:17-18 – “David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan, and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):”
• Job 30:31 – “My harp is tuned to mourning, and my flute to the sound of wailing.”
• Amos 8:10 – “I will turn your religious festivals into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.”
• Ecclesiastes 3:4 – “A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,”
• Psalm 137:1-4 – “By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps, for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, ‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion!’ How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?”

The Creation’s Praise

• Psalm 96:11-12 – “Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it. Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.”
• Psalm 98:7-8 – “Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy;”
• Psalm 148:1-5 – “Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights above. Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his heavenly hosts. Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars. Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies. Let them praise the name of the LORD, for at his command they were created,”
• Job 38:7 – “while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?”

Encouragement Through Music

• Acts 16:25 – “About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.”
• Ephesians 5:19-20 – “Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
• Colossians 3:16 – “Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.”
• Romans 15:9 – “and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written: ‘Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing the praises of your name.'”
• James 5:13 – “Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.”

Conclusion

As we finish our look at 135 Bible verses about music, we see its deep impact on our emotions and spirituality. These verses show music as a heartfelt form of worship and a reflection of our innermost feelings. They encourage us to use music’s powerful energy to express our faith and prayers. The holy role of music in the Bible still brings us comfort and happiness, resonating with us today.