'Songs' in the Bible

Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

And Moses said, It is not the voice of men who are overcoming in the fight, or the cry of those who have been overcome; it is the sound of songs which comes to my ear.

Now on their way, when David came back after the destruction of the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, with songs and dances, meeting David with melody and joy and instruments of music.

And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David, the king of the land? did they not make songs about him in their dances, saying, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?

Is this not David, who was named in their songs, when in the dance they said to one another, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?

And David and all the men of Israel made melody before the Lord with all their power, with songs and with corded instruments and instruments of brass.

Now these are the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse, says, the man who was lifted up on high, the man on whom the God of Jacob put the holy oil, the loved one of Israel's songs, says:

He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.

They gave worship with songs before the House of the Tent of meeting, till Solomon put up the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they took their places for their work in their regular order.

And these were those who had the ordering of the music and songs, heads of families of the Levites, who were living in the rooms, and were free from other work, for their work went on day and night.

Then David and all Israel made melody before God with all their strength, with songs and corded instruments of music, and with brass instruments and horns.

Let your voice be sounded in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.

Make songs to the Lord, all the earth; give the good news of his salvation day by day.

And Heman and Jeduthun had horns and brass instruments sounding loudly, and instruments of music for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the door.

And all the people gave worship, to the sound of songs and the blowing of horns; and this went on till the burned offering was ended.

Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.

And Jeremiah made a song of grief for Josiah; and to this day Josiah is named by all the makers of melody, men and women, in their songs of grief; they made it a rule in Israel; and the songs are recorded among the songs of grief.

And they gave praise to the Lord, answering one another in their songs and saying, For he is good, for his mercy to Israel is eternal. And all the people gave a great cry of joy, when they gave praise to the Lord, because the base of the Lord's house was put in place.

For in the days of David and Asaph in the past, there was a master of the music, and songs of blessing and praise to God.

They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe.

But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.

When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?

Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.

Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.

You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

Give praises to God, make songs of praise; give praises to our King, make songs of praise.

For God is the King of all the earth; make songs of praise with knowledge.

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs, and give praise.

I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I will make songs to you among the nations.

But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give cries of joy for your mercy in the morning; because you have been my strength and my high tower in the day of my trouble.

So will I make songs in praise of your name for ever, giving to God that which is right day by day.

The grass-land is thick with flocks; the valleys are full of grain; they give glad cries and songs of joy.

Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah.)

Make songs to God, make songs of praise to his name; make a way for him who comes through the waste lands; his name is Jah; be glad before him.

The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.

Make songs to God, you kingdoms of the earth; O make songs of praise to the Lord; (Selah.)

I will give praise to you with instruments of music, O my God, for you are true; I will make songs to you with music, O Holy One of Israel.

But I will ever be full of joy, making songs of praise to the God of Jacob.

O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before his face with praises; and make melody with holy songs.

Make songs to the Lord, blessing his name; give the good news of his salvation day by day.

I will make songs to the Lord all my life; I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.

Then they had faith in his words; they gave him songs of praise.

O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs and melody, even with my glory.

Let my tongue make songs in praise of your word; for all your teachings are righteousness.

For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.

They will make songs about the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.

Make songs of praise to the Lord; make melody to our God with instruments of music.

The song of Songs, which is Solomon's.

And all joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field; and in the vine-gardens there are no songs or sounds of joy: the crushing of grapes has come to an end, and its glad cry has been stopped.

Take an instrument of music, go about the town, O loose woman who has gone out from the memory of man; make sweet melody with songs, so that you may come back to men's minds.

From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.

It will be flowering like the rose; it will be full of delight and songs; the glory of Lebanon will be given to it; the pride of Carmel and Sharon: they will see the glory of the Lord, the power of our God.

Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.

O Lord, quickly be my saviour; so we will make my songs to corded instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.

Those whom the Lord has made free will come back with songs to Zion; and on their heads will be eternal joy: delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.

My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit.

For this is what the Lord has said: Do not go into the house of sorrow, do not go to make weeping or songs of grief for them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the Lord, even mercy and pity.

Let there be no weeping for the dead, and make no songs of grief for him: but make bitter weeping for him who has gone away, for he will never come back or see again the country of his birth.

So they will come with songs on the high places, flowing together to the good things of the Lord, to the grain and the wine and the oil, to the young ones of the flock and of the herd: their souls will be like a watered garden, and they will have no more sorrow.

I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your instruments of music will be gone for ever.

So these are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the Lord: There will be weeping in all the open spaces; and in all the streets they will say, Sorrow! sorrow! and they will get in the farmer to the weeping, and the makers of sad songs to give cries of grief.

Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.

Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;

And the songs of the king's house will be cries of pain in that day, says the Lord God: great will be the number of the dead bodies, and everywhere they will put them out without a word.

Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.

Give songs of joy, O daughter of Zion: for I come, and I will make my resting-place among you, says the Lord.

But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;

Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.