Praise the Lord
And when your people meet,
I will praise you, Lord. ~ Psalm 26:12b (CEV)
Day after day they met together in the temple. They broke bread together in different homes and shared their food happily and freely, while praising God. ~ Acts 2:46-47a (CEV)
Lord, it seems that whenever your people really get together in your name, we can't help but turn our attention toward praising you. You deserve all the honor you get. Now, I'd like to be more consistent so that I'm also praising you when I'm with other people. Please give me the boldness and freedom to talk about you in an honoring way all day long. Give me, too, the life that backs up what I say. I desire that the way I live would also be a praise offering to you. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
