Lexicon :: Strong's H1984 - hālal

Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, so the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s household.

When the people saw him, they praised their god and said:

Our god has handed over to us

our enemy who destroyed our land

and who multiplied our dead.

so he pretended to be insane in their presence. He acted like a madman around them,[fn] scribbling[fn] on the doors of the city gate and letting saliva run down his beard.

No man in all Israel was as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.

I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise,

and I was saved from my enemies.

The king of Israel answered, “Say this: ‘Don’t let the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.’ ”

David appointed some of the Levites to be ministers before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate the LORD God of Israel, and to give thanks and praise to him.

Boast in his holy name;

let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

For the LORD is great and highly praised;

he is feared above all gods.

“Blessed be the LORD God of Israel

from everlasting to everlasting.”

Then all the people said, “Amen” and “Praise the LORD.”

“four thousand are to be gatekeepers, and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the instruments that I have made for worship.”

“They are also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD, and likewise in the evening.

From Jeduthun: Jeduthun’s sons:

Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei,[fn] Hashabiah, and Mattithiah ​— ​six ​— ​under the authority of their father Jeduthun, prophesying to the accompaniment of lyres, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.

Now therefore, our God, we give you thanks and praise your glorious name.

The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They raised their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD:

For he is good;

his faithful love endures forever.

The temple, the LORD’s temple, was filled with a cloud.

The priests and the Levites were standing at their stations. The Levites had the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made to give thanks to the LORD ​— ​“for his faithful love endures forever” ​— ​when he offered praise with them. Across from the Levites, the priests were blowing trumpets, and all the people were standing.

According to the ordinances of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, of the Levites over their responsibilities to offer praise and to minister before the priests following the daily requirement, and of the gatekeepers by their divisions with respect to each temple gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

Then the Levites from the sons of the Kohathites and the Korahites stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel shouting loudly.

Then he consulted with the people and appointed some to sing for the LORD and some to praise the splendor of his holiness. When they went out in front of the armed forces, they kept singing:[fn]

Give thanks to the LORD,

for his faithful love endures forever.

When Athaliah heard the noise from the troops, the guards, and those praising the king, she went to the troops in the LORD’s temple.

Then King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to sing praise to the LORD in the words of David and of the seer Asaph. So they sang praises with rejoicing and knelt low and worshiped.

The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread seven days with great joy, and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day after day with loud instruments.

Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites for the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for praise in the gates of the camp of the LORD, each division corresponding to his service among the priests and Levites.

When the builders had laid the foundation of the LORD’s temple, the priests, dressed in their robes and holding trumpets, and the Levites descended from Asaph, holding cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as King David of Israel had instructed.

I also shook the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn’t keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing! ”

The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. Then the people did as they had promised.

The heads of the Levites ​— ​Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their relatives opposite them ​— ​gave praise and thanks, division by division, as David the man of God had prescribed.

He leads counselors away barefoot

and makes judges go mad.

when his lamp shone above my head,

and I walked through darkness by his light!

if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining

or at the moon moving in splendor,

His snorting[fn] flashes with light,

while his eyes are like the rays[fn] of dawn.

The boastful cannot stand in your sight;

you hate all evildoers.

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;

the one who is greedy curses[fn] and despises the LORD.

I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise,

and I was saved from my enemies.

I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters;

I will praise you in the assembly.

The humble will eat and be satisfied;

those who seek the LORD will praise him.

May your hearts live forever!

I will boast in the LORD;

the humble will hear and be glad.

I will praise you in the great assembly;

I will exalt you among many people.

We boast in God all day long;

we will praise your name forever.Selah

The LORD is great and highly praised

in the city of our God.

His holy mountain,

They trust in their wealth

and boast of their abundant riches.

Why boast about evil, you hero!

God’s faithful love is constant.

In God, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; I will not be afraid.

What can mere mortals do to me?

In God, whose word I praise,

in the LORD, whose word I praise,

You satisfy me as with rich food;[fn]

my mouth will praise you with joyful lips.

But the king will rejoice in God;

all who swear by him will boast,

for the mouths of liars will be shut.

The righteous one rejoices in the LORD

and takes refuge in him;

all those who are upright in heart

will offer praise.

I will praise God’s name with song

and exalt him with thanksgiving.