Bless the Lord, O house of Israel: bless the Lord, O house of Aaron:
O house of Israel, bless ye Jehovah: O house of Aaron, bless ye Jehovah:
O house of Israel, bless ye Jehovah, O house of Aaron, bless ye Jehovah,
House of Israel, bless ye Jehovah; house of Aaron, bless ye Jehovah;
Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
Voices4
Bless the Lord, O house of Israel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
. Ver. 19. Bless the LORD, O house of Israel. All of you, in all your tribes, praise the one Jehovah. Each tribe, from Reuben to Benjamin, has its own special cause for blessing the Lord, and the nation as a whole has substantial reasons for pouring out benedictions upon his name. Those whom God has named "the house of Israel", a family of prevailing princes, ought to show their loyalty by thankfully bowing before their sovereign Lord. Bless the LORD, O house of Aaron.
2 Ye that stand in the house of the L ORD , in the courts of the house of our God, 3 Praise the L ORD ; for the L ORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. 4 For the L ORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. The duty we are called to--to praise the Lord, to praise his name; praise him, and again praise him.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The more deplorable the condition of the Gentile nations that worship idols is the more are we bound to thank God that we know better. Let us set ourselves about the acts of devotion, and employ ourselves in them: Bless the Lord, and again and again, bless the Lord.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 148:14He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!
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“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”
For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
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Psalms 145:10All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.
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The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
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Revelation 19:5Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”
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Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth,
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The verses this one reaches12
You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!
Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”
Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!
Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying:
All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.
He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
Let Israel say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
3 more linked verses are grouped by book below ↓
Every other verse the study tradition links to this one, in the Bible’s own order. The first links in each book carry a line of their text; every reference opens its full verse page.
1 Chronicles1
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