Psalms 150:3-6, "Praise Him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise Him with the harp and lyre, praise Him with the tambourine and dancing, praise Him with the strings and flute, praise Him with the clash of cymbals, praise Him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!!!"

"I will enter His Gates with thanksgiving in my heart, I will come into His courts with praise, I will Say this is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice for He has made me glad!"

Bible Words for Praise & Worship

• Amen - Literally, "Surely". Eph 3:21
• Barak – To kneel, to bless God as an act of adoration – Psalm 72:15b, "…and daily shall He be praised (baraked)."
• Hagah - Meditate aloud, as in Psalm 1:2, "But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate (hagah) day and night".
• Halal – Most common word for praise - to make a show, to boast; to be clamorously foolish, to talk on and on foolishly about the Lord. Psalm 102: 18, "This shall be written for the generation to come: and people who shall be created shall praise the Lord."
• Halleluja Alleluia - Literally, "Praise the Lord"! Rev 19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
• Hosanna - Literally, "Save us"! Mt 21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
• Maranatha - Literally "Our Lord Come". 1Co
• Selah - Pause, reflect or meditate. Hab 3, Ps 140, Ps 143, Ps 85, many more Psalms.
• Shabach – To address in a loud tone; glory, praise, triumph (to shout). Psalm 63:3, "Because your loving kindness is better than life I shall praise (shabach) thee."
• Tehilla – To sing our "halals". Psalm 147:1, "Praise (halal) the Lord. How good it is to sing praises (tehilla) to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise (tehilla) Him."
• Towdah – Derived from yadah – An extension of the hands, usually in adoration, specifically, a choir or worshippers. Psalm 50:53, "Whoso offereth praise (towdah) glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth his conversation aright shall I show the salvation of God."
• Yadah – To revere or worship the Lord with extended open hands; to throw out the open hand (forcefully and victoriously). Psalm 67:3, "Let the people praise (yadah) thee. O God let all the people praise (yadah) thee."
• Zamar – To touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument; also to be accompanied by the voice; to celebrate with song and music. Psalm 52:7&8, "My heart is fixed. O God, my heart is fixed I will sing and give you praise. Awake up, my glory; awake. Psaltry and harp (zamar): I myself will awake early."

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