'Praise' in the Bible
Praise the Lord in song, for He has done excellent things;Let this be known throughout the earth.
“For Sheol cannot thank You,Death cannot praise You;Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
“I am the Lord, that is My name;I will not give My glory to another,Nor My praise to graven images.
Sing to the Lord a new song,Sing His praise from the end of the earth!You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it.You islands, and those who dwell on them.
Let them give glory to the LordAnd declare His praise in the coastlands.
“The people whom I formed for MyselfWill declare My praise.
“For the sake of My name I delay My wrath,And for My praise I restrain it for you,In order not to cut you off.
Creating the praise of the lips.Peace, peace to him who is far and to him who is near,”Says the Lord, “and I will heal him.”
“Violence will not be heard again in your land,Nor devastation or destruction within your borders;But you will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise.
To grant those who mourn in Zion,Giving them a garland instead of ashes,The oil of gladness instead of mourning,The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.So they will be called oaks of righteousness,The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up,So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praiseTo spring up before all the nations.
And give Him no rest until He establishesAnd makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
But those who garner it will eat it and praise the Lord;And those who gather it will drink it in the courts of My sanctuary.