Nehemiah 12:42

Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,

Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!

He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business of God’s house.

Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.

Miriam answered them, “Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.

and Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph,

Sing to him. Sing praises to him. Tell of all his marvelous works.

Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.

Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!

Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let’s exalt his name together.

Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,

Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,

Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands!

I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.

Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!

Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!

For Yahweh says, “Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations. Publish, praise, and say, ‘Yahweh, save your people, the remnant of Israel!’

the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, ‘Give thanks to Yahweh of Armies, for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever;’ who bring thanksgiving into Yahweh’s house. For I will cause the captivity of the land to be reversed as at the first,” says Yahweh.

The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.

They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.

I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!

His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

and their brothers, heads of their fathers’ houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service of God’s house.

David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.

David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of Yahweh’s house, six thousand were officers and judges,

of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah. The sons of Asaph were under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied at the order of the king.

Sons were also born to Shemaiah his son, who ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.

The Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, with an exceedingly loud voice.

and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;

Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

After him, the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani made repairs. Next to him, Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.

After them, Zadok the son of Immer made repairs across from his own house. After him, Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate made repairs.

Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stayed in their place.

Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,

Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.

and their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers.

of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

and some of the priests’ sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;

For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.

The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.

“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth.

Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!

How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies!

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!

Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!

Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.