Bible Verses About Music

Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,

who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.

Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

There on the willows we hung our harps,

for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—

Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song— His praise in the assembly of the godly.

Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.

May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,

Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.

Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness.

Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.

Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.

Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!

Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.

Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.