Musical Hallel: Suggested Melodies for Verses of Praise

(1) Hallelujah. O servants of the LORD, give praise; praise the name of the LORD. (2) Let the name of the LORD be blessed now and forever. (3) From east to west the name of the LORD is praised. (4) The LORD is exalted above all nations; His glory is above the heavens. (5) Who is like the LORD our God, who, enthroned on high, (6) sees what is below, in heaven and on earth? (7) He raises the poor from the dust, lifts up the needy from the refuse heap (8) to set them with the great, with the great men of His people. (9) He sets the childless woman among her household as a happy mother of children. Hallelujah.

(1) When Israel went forth from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange speech, (2) Judah became His -holy one, Israel, His dominion. (3) The sea saw them and fled, Jordan ran backward, (4) mountains skipped like rams, hills like sheep. (5) What alarmed you, O sea, that you fled, Jordan, that you ran backward, (6) mountains, that you skipped like rams, hills, like sheep? (7) Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, (8) who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flinty rock into a fountain.

(12) The LORD is mindful of us. He will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron; (13) He will bless those who fear the LORD, small and great alike. (14) May the LORD increase your numbers, yours and your children’s also. (15) May you be blessed by the LORD, Maker of heaven and earth. (16) The heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He gave over to man. (17) The dead cannot praise the LORD, nor any who go down into silence. (18) But we will bless the LORD now and forever. Hallelujah.

(12) How can I repay the LORD for all His bounties to me? (13) I raise the cup of deliverance and invoke the name of the LORD. (14) I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people. (15) The death of His faithful ones is grievous in the LORD’s sight. (16) O LORD, I am Your servant, Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have undone the cords that bound me. (17) I will sacrifice a thank offering to You and invoke the name of the LORD. (18) I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people, (19) in the courts of the house of the LORD, in the midst of Jerusalem. Hallelujah.

(1) Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol Him, all you peoples, (2) for great is His steadfast love toward us; the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Hallelujah.

Praise the LORD, for He is good, His steadfast love is eternal.

Let Israel declare, “His steadfast love is eternal.”

Let the house of Aaron declare, “His steadfast love is eternal.”

Let those who fear the LORD declare, “His steadfast love is eternal.”

(5) In distress I called on the LORD; the Lord answered me and brought me relief. (6) The LORD is on my side, I have no fear; what can man do to me? (7) With the LORD on my side as my helper, I will see the downfall of my foes. (8) It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in mortals; (9) it is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in the great. (10) All nations have beset me; by the name of the LORD I will surely cut them down. (11) They beset me, they surround me; by the name of the LORD I will surely cut them down. (12) They have beset me like bees; they shall be extinguished like burning thorns; by the name of the LORD I will surely cut them down. (13) You pressed me hard, I nearly fell; but the LORD helped me. (14) The LORD is my strength and might; He has become my deliverance. (15) The tents of the victorious resound with joyous shouts of deliverance, “The right hand of the LORD is triumphant! (16) The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD is triumphant!” (17) I shall not die but live and proclaim the works of the LORD.

(19) Open the gates of victory for me that I may enter them and praise the LORD. (20) This is the gateway to the LORD— the victorious shall enter through it.

I praise You, for You have answered me, and have become my deliverance.

The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.

This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvelous in our sight.

This is the day that the LORD has made— let us exult and rejoice on it.

This is the day that the LORD has made— let us exult and rejoice on it.

Please, Lord, save us now!

Please, Lord, save us now!

Please, Lord, give us success now!

Please, Lord, give us success now!

May he who enters be blessed in the name of the LORD; we bless you from the House of the LORD.

The LORD is God; He has given us light; bind the festal offering to the horns of the

altar with cords.

You are my God and I will praise You; You are my God and I will extol You.

Praise the LORD for He is good, His steadfast love is eternal.

All of your works shall praise You, Lord our God, and your pious ones, the righteous ones who do Your will; and all of Your people, the House of Israel will thank and bless in joyful song: and extol and glorify, and exalt and acclaim, and sanctify and coronate Your name, our King. Since, You it is good to thank, and to Your name it is pleasant to sing, since from always and forever are you the Power. Blessed are You, a king who is glorified with praise.