FBCL | Ezra | Hallelujah Chorus

Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. ² Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.

 The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Ezr 5:1–2.

The Lord shall reign for ever,

Even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations.

Praise ye the Lord.

 The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Ps 146:10.

He hath not dealt so with any nation:

And as for his judgments, they have not known them.

Praise ye the Lord.

 The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Ps 147:20.

He also exalteth the horn of his people,

The praise of all his saints;

Even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him.

Praise ye the Lord.

 The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Ps 148:14.

To execute upon them the judgment written:

This honour have all his saints.

Praise ye the Lord.

 The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Ps 149:9.

Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.

Praise ye the Lord.

 The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Ps 150:6.

I will extol thee, my God, O king;

And I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

²  Every day will I bless thee;

And I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

³  Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;

And his greatness is unsearchable.

⁴  One generation shall praise thy works to another,

And shall declare thy mighty acts.

⁵  I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty,

And of thy wondrous works.

⁶  And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts:

And I will declare thy greatness.

⁷  They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness,

And shall sing of thy righteousness.

⁸  The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion;

Slow to anger, and of great mercy.

⁹  The Lord is good to all:

And his tender mercies are over all his works.

¹⁰  All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord;

And thy saints shall bless thee.

¹¹  They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom,

And talk of thy power;

¹²  To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts,

And the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

¹³  Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

And thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

¹⁴  The Lord upholdeth all that fall,

And raiseth up all those that be ^tbowed down.

¹⁵  The eyes of all wait upon thee;

And thou givest them their meat in due season.

¹⁶  Thou openest thine hand,

And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷  The Lord is righteous in all his ways,

And ^zholy in all his works.

¹⁸  The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him,

To all that call upon him in truth.

¹⁹  He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him:

He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

²⁰  The Lord preserveth all them that love him:

But all the wicked will he destroy.

²¹  My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord:

And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

 The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Ps 145:1–21.