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March 24, 2024
Part 4: Why We Clap Our Hands
1) To openly declare
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(Psalm 47) Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. For the Lord Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth. He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet. He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets. Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise. God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. The nobles of the nations assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the kings of the earth belong to God; He is greatly exalted.
(Psalm 66:1) Shout for joy to God, all the earth!
(Psalm 81:1 NKJV) Sing aloud to God our strength; Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.
(Psalm 89:15 NCV) Happy are the people who know how to praise you. Lord, let them live in the light of your presence.
(Psalm 95:1 NCV) Come, let’s sing for joy to the Lord. Let’s shout praises to the Rock who saves us.
(Psalm 100:1-2 MEV) Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing.
(Psalm 22:3 NLT) Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
2) To declare
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(Psalm 47:1-3, 5, 8) Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. For the Lord Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth. He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet… God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets…. God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne.
3) To express
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(2 Kings 11:12) Jehoiada brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him; he presented him with a copy of the covenant and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and shouted, “Long live the king!”
4) To establish
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(Proverbs 22:26) Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts
(Job 17:3 KJV) Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
5) As an instrument of
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(Lamentations 2:15 NCV) All who pass by on the road clap their hands at you; they make fun of Jerusalem and shake their heads. They ask, “Is this the city that people called the most beautiful city, the happiest place on earth?”
(Ezekiel 25:6 NCV) This is what the Lord God says: You have clapped your hands and stamped your feet; you have laughed about all the insults you made against the land of Israel.
(Nahum 3:19 MSG) When the story of your fate gets out, the whole world will applaud and cry “Encore!”
(Job 27:23 NKJV) Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.