I will praise the LORD at all times.

We will never stop singing his praises.

Humble people, listen and be happy, while I brag about the LORD.

Praise the LORD with us. Let us honor his name.

I went to the LORD for help, and he listened.

He saved me from all that I fear.

If you look to him for help, he will put a smile on your face. You will have no need to be ashamed.

I prayed to the LORD, and he heard me. He saved me from all my troubles.

Lord, I praise you in the great meeting of your people. These worshipers will see me do what I promised. Poor people will eat until they are full. Those who look to the Lord will praise him. May your hearts live forever! People everywhere will remember and will turn to the Lord. All the families of the nations will worship him. This is because the Lord is King. He rules the nations. All the powerful people on earth will eat and worship. Everyone will bow down to him. The people in the future will serve him. They will always be told about the Lord. They will tell that he does what is right. People who are not yet born will hear what God has done.

I tell you that Christ became a servant of the Jews. This was to show that God’s promises to the Jewish ancestors are true. And he also did this so that the non-Jews could give glory to God for the mercy he gives to them. It is written in the Scriptures: “So I will praise you among the non-Jewish people. I will sing praises to your name.” The Scripture also says, “Be happy, you non-Jews, together with God’s people.” Again the Scripture says, “All you non-Jews, praise the Lord. All you people, sing praises to him.”

Then I looked, and there was a great number of people. There were so many people that no one could count them. They were from every nation, tribe, people, and language of the earth. They were all standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They wore white robes and had palm branches in their hands. They were shouting in a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” The elders and the four living things were there. All the angels were standing around them and the throne. The angels bowed down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God. They were saying, “Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, thanks, honor, power, and strength belong to our God forever and ever. Amen!”

Then one of the elders asked me, “Who are these people in white robes? Where did they come from?” I answered, “You know who they are, sir.” And the elder said, “These are the people who have come out of the great suffering. They have washed their robes  with the blood of the Lamb. Now they are clean and white. And they are before the throne of God. They worship God day and night in his temple. And the One who sits on the throne will protect them. Those people will never be hungry again. They will never be thirsty again. The sun will not hurt them. No heat will burn them.  For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd. He will lead them to springs of water that give life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”