James 5:13

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Summary

James 5:13

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

Any among

Any merry

Judges 16:23

Daniel 5:4

Let him sing

General references

Psalm 81:2

Isaiah 37:15

Bible References

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But when he was in distress, he sought the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

“He will pray to God, and He shall be favorable to him,
So that he looks at His face with joy;
For God restores to man His righteousness [that is, his right standing with God—with its joys].

In my distress [when I seemed surrounded] I called upon the Lord
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry for help came before Him, into His very ears.

Call on Me in the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”

“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.

The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.

Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
The Lord answered me and set me free.

I cry aloud with my voice to the Lord;
I make supplication with my voice to the Lord.

I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.

“Come and let us return [in repentance] to the Lord,
For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.

and said,

“I called out of my trouble and distress to the Lord,
And He answered me;
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help,
And You heard my voice.

And being in agony [deeply distressed and anguished; almost to the point of death], He prayed more intently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down on the ground.

And he was saying, “Jesus, [please] remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

He, having received such a [strict] command, threw them into the inner prison (dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks [in an agonizing position].

Because of the surpassing greatness and extraordinary nature of the revelations [which I received from God], for this reason, to keep me from thinking of myself as important, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, to torment and harass me—to keep me from exalting myself!

In the days of His earthly life, Jesus offered up both [specific] petitions and [urgent] supplications [for that which He needed] with fervent crying and tears to the One who was [always] able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission toward God [His sinlessness and His unfailing determination to do the Father’s will].

Any merry

Now the Philistine lords gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to celebrate, for they said,

“Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands!”

They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

Let him sing

Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;
Speak of all His wonders.

Let us come before His presence with a song of thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with songs.

Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;
Speak of all His wonderful acts and devoutly praise them.

For all the peoples [now] walk
Each in the name of his god [in a transient relationship],
As for us, we shall walk [securely]
In the name of the Lord our [true] God forever and ever.

After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

What then is the right course, believers? When you meet together, each one has a psalm, a teaching, a revelation (disclosure of special knowledge), a tongue, or an interpretation. Let everything be constructive and edifying and done for the good of all the church.

Speak to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, [offering praise by] singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

Let the [spoken] word of Christ have its home within you [dwelling in your heart and mind—permeating every aspect of your being] as you teach [spiritual things] and admonish and train one another with all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

And they sang a new song [of glorious redemption], saying,

“Worthy and deserving are You to take the scroll and to break its seals; for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.

and in a loud voice they cried out, saying,

“Salvation [belongs] to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb [our salvation is the Trinity’s to give, and to God the Trinity we owe our deliverance].”

And they sang a new song before the throne [of God] and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased (ransomed, redeemed) from the earth.

After these things I heard something like the great and mighty shout of a vast multitude in heaven, exclaiming,

“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory (splendor, majesty) and power (dominion, might) belong to our God;

General references

Raise a song, sound the timbrel,
The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord saying,