'Songs' in the Bible

Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

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.

Call for songs of joy, O nations, [concerning] his people, for the blood of his servants he will avenge, {and he will take reprisals against his foes}, and he will make atonement [for] his land, his people."

As they were coming [home], when David returned from killing the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul with tambourines, [songs of] joy, and musical instruments.

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?

Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel were celebrating and dancing before the Lord with all kinds of instruments made of fir or cypress wood, with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.

And these are the last words of David: -- 'The affirmation of David son of Jesse -- And the affirmation of the man raised up -- Concerning the Anointed of the God of Jacob, And the Sweetness of the Songs of Israel:

And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were 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.

David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before God with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the Lord, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the Lord God of Israel.

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.

They accompanied their songs of praise to God with trumpets, cymbals, and other musical instruments while Jeduthun's children served as trustees.

So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

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.

The Levites:Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel,Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah—he and his relatives were in charge of the praise songs.

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they invited the descendants of Levi to come from wherever they lived to Jerusalem so they could celebrate the dedication with joy, thanksgiving, and songs, accompanied by cymbals, lyres, and harps.

and his brothers Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani with the instruments of the songs of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe [went] before them.

For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

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

Now I am mocked by their songs;I have become an object of scorn to them.

But my harp is in mourning; my flute plays only songs for those who are weeping."

But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth 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.

Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

O clap your hands, all you people;Shout to God with the voice of triumph and songs of joy.

Sing songs to God! Sing songs! Sing songs to our King! Sing songs!

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 I will sing songs to your name forever; I will fulfill my promises day by day. To the Director: According to Jeduthun's style. A Davidic Psalm.

They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning's dawn and the evening with songs of joy.

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.)

Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,and drunkards make up songs about me.

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.

Fire consumed His chosen young men,and His young women had no wedding songs.

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

Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us shout with songs of praise to him.

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

Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Break forth into joyful songs of praise!

Serve the Lord with gladness;come before Him with joyful songs.

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.

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

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

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing 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.

May they praise his name with dancing, chanting songs to him with tambourines and lyres.

As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

and the doors along the street are shut; when the sound of the grinding mill grows low, and one is awakened by the sound of a bird, and all their songs grow faint,

The song of songs, which is Solomon's.

Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards, in the vineyards people will sing no songs, and no cheers are raised. No vintner treads out wine in the presses, because I've put an end to the shouting.

Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.

and the noise of foreigners is like the heat of the desert. Just as you subdue heat by the shade of clouds, so the victory songs of violent men will be stilled.

You will have songs as on nights when people celebrate a holy festival, and gladness of heart, as when they set out with flutes to go to the LORD's mountain, to the Rock of Israel.

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.

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.

This is what the Lord says, your protector, the Holy One of Israel: "For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives, turning the Babylonians' joyful shouts into mourning songs.

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.

Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.

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.

The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has sworn by himself: "I'll surely fill you with soldiers like a swarm of locusts, and they'll sing songs of victory over you."

I am a laughingstock to all my people,mocked by their songs all day long.

When they sit and when they rise, look,I am mocked by their songs.

And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

Yes, to them you are like a singer of love songs who has a beautiful voice and plays skillfully on an instrument. They hear your words, but they don’t obey them.

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 thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

They improvise songs to the sound of the harpand invent their own musical instruments like David.

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.

And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as 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;

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.