Quotes About Worship

I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my motherís womb. My praise is always for You.

My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.

But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.

My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.

I will enter in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.

Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?

So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.

May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.

May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.

Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.

May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.

Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.

Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.

Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.

But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.

Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion where You dwell.

Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,

and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.

They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.