'Yes' in the Bible

And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me,Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation,Your power to all who are to come.

My lips will shout for joy! Yes, I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me!

Yes, all kings will bow down before him,All nations will serve him.

Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.

Yes, look! Those far from you die; you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you.

You are awesome! Yes, you! Who can withstand your intense anger?

I will remember the Lord’s works;yes, I will remember Your ancient wonders.

The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear.

The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about.

Then they spoke against God;They said, “Can God prepare [food for] a table in the wilderness?

Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?"

But He, the source of compassion and lovingkindness, forgave their wickedness and did not destroy them;Many times He restrained His angerAnd did not stir up all His wrath.

Yes, they devise a unified strategy; they form an alliance against you.

Make their nobles like Oreb and ZeebAnd all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever;Yes, let them be humiliated and perish,

My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the Lord;My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

The bird has found a house,And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young—Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,My King and my God.

Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.

Yes, the Lord will bestow his good blessings, and our land will yield its crops.

But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her,”And the Most High Himself will establish her.

Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.

Yes, in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday that quickly passes, or like one of the divisions of the nighttime.

Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.

Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.

The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one's best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.

May your favor be on us, Lord our God; make our endeavors successful; yes, make our endeavors secure! A Davidic Psalm

Yahweh is king; he clothes himself with majesty. Yahweh clothes himself; he girds himself with might. Yes, [the] world is established [so that] it will not be moved.

More than the sounds of many waters,More than the mighty breakers of the sea,The Lord on high is mighty.

Say among the nations, "Yahweh is king! Yes, [the] world is established [so that] it will not be moved. He will judge [the] peoples fairly."

Let the field be glad, and everything which is in it; yes, let all the trees of the wood be sounding with joy,

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;Shout [in jubilation] and sing for joy and sing praises.

You will arise and have compassion on Zion,For it is time to be gracious and show favor to her;Yes, the appointed time [the moment designated] has come.

“Even they will perish, but You endure;Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment.Like clothing You will change them and they shall be changed.

when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.

He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant.

Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn't believe his word,

They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons

O God, my heart is steadfast [with confident faith];I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.

He also loved cursing, and it came [back] to him;He did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

I will give great praise and thanks to the Lord with my mouth;And in the midst of many I will praise Him.

Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;Yes, our God is compassionate.

Yes, Lord, you rescued my life from death, and kept my feet from stumbling.

I will pay my vows to the Lord,Yes, in the presence of all His people.

Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant; I am your lowest slave. You saved me from death.

I will pay my vows to the Lord,Yes, in the presence of all His people,

Let Israel say, "Yes, his loyal love endures!"

Let the family of Aaron say, "Yes, his loyal love endures!"

Let the loyal followers of the Lord say, "Yes, his loyal love endures!"

They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me;in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

They do no unrighteousness;They walk in His ways.

Yes, I find delight in your rules; they give me guidance.

Give me understanding [a teachable heart and the ability to learn], that I may keep Your law;And observe it with all my heart.

How sweet are Your words to my taste!Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Therefore I love Your commandmentsAbove gold, yes, above fine gold.

Therefore I esteem as right all Your precepts concerning everything;I hate every false way.

It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he can provide for those whom he loves even when they sleep.

Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.

Yes indeed, the man who fears the Lord will be blessed in this way.

Indeed, may you see your [family perpetuated in your] children’s children.Peace be upon Israel!

I yearn for the Lord, more than watchmen do for the morning, yes, more than watchmen do for the morning.

Yes, I know the Lord is great, and our Lord is superior to all gods.

Those who make them will be like them,Yes, everyone who trusts in them.

By the rivers of Babylon,There we [captives] sat down and wept,When we remembered Zion [the city God imprinted on our hearts].

Yes, they will sing of the ways of the Lord [joyfully celebrating His wonderful acts],For great is the glory and majesty of the Lord.

How blessed and favored are the people in such circumstance;How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored] are the people whose God is the Lord!

Every day I will bless You and lovingly praise You;Yes, [with awe-inspired reverence] I will praise Your name forever and ever.

Praise the Lord, for it is good to sing praises to our God! Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate!

Yes, if you cry out for insight,And lift up your voice for understanding;

He guards the paths of justice;And He preserves the way of His saints (believers).

Then you will understand righteousness and justice [in every circumstance]And integrity and every good path.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid;When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

There are six things which the Lord hates,Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:

for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.

“My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold,And my yield is better than choicest silver.

Yahweh has made everything for its own end -- yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go away;Even strife and dishonor will cease.

Yes, my heart will rejoiceWhen your lips speak right things.

Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

And you will be [as unsteady] as one who lies down in the middle of the sea,And [as vulnerable to disaster] as one who lies down on the top of a ship’s mast, saying,

My son, eat honey, for it is good,Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste;

Correct your son, and he will give you comfort;Yes, he will delight your soul.

The leech has two daughters,“Give, give!”There are three things that are never satisfied,Four that do not say, “It is enough”:

There are three things which are too astounding and unexpectedly wonderful for me,Four which I do not understand:

There are three things which are stately in step,Even four which are stately in their stride:

She opens and extends her hand to the poor,And she reaches out her filled hands to the needy.

I told myself, "I have become greater and wiser than anyone who ruled before me in Jerusalem yes, I have acquired a great deal of wisdom and knowledge."

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

For the [earthly] fate of the sons of men and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no preeminence or advantage for man [in and of himself] over an animal, for all is vanity.

Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

There was a certain man—without a dependent, having neither a child nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity (a wisp of smoke, self-conceit); yes, it is a painful effort and an unhappy task.

For out of prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

Yes, it saw not the sun, and it had no knowledge; it is better with this than with the other.

Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?

Wisdom along with an inheritance is goodAnd an [excellent] advantage for those who see the sun.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don't withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.