Psalms 147:1

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”

There you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.

When you vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.

Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.

Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.

Yahweh said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)

When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates and be filled.

Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.

We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God’s house with company.

Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.

He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.

I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.

Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant.

You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to Yahweh’s mountain, to Israel’s Rock.

The prince shall go in with them when they go in. When they go out, he shall go out.

When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, “Today is holy to Yahweh your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

“Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold of me.

Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”

I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints.

Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us.

Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.

It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High,

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable; and honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,

Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

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

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

Only he gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. The offerings of Yahweh, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spoke to him.

But Moses gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them.

For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. They gave no portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for their livestock and for their property.

On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad in their hearts for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.

Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced, because of that which God had prepared for the people; for the thing was done suddenly.

I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”

But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

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

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

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 for the children of men!

I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on Yahweh’s name.

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law.

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!”

For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”

Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh’s name! Praise him, you servants of Yahweh,

Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

but those who have harvested it will eat it, and praise Yahweh. Those who have gathered it will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.”

Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Yahweh of Armies; and all those who sacrifice will come and take of them, and cook in them. In that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of Yahweh of Armies.

Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.

“Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, ‘When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a wave offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe of the tithe.

You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel where he lives, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which Yahweh shall choose,

I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”

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.

These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God’s house, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.

With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is good.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

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

Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted, and you are in anguish.

You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.