Friday, 2 October 2026
Where in the Bible? No. 2
Today's theme was Praise. Here are the five verses, where each one sits between Genesis and Revelation, and what it means.
Verse 1 · What praise is
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
Psalm 150:6 · verse 16,401 of 31,102, 52.7% of the way through the Bible · Old Testament, Wisdom & Poetry
What it means
These are the very last words of the Psalms. After calling for praise with trumpets, harps, dancing and cymbals, the psalmist widens the invitation to every living, breathing creature. 'Hallelujah' is Hebrew for 'praise the LORD'.
Where it fits
Psalms is the Bible's songbook in the Wisdom and Poetry section, ending a little over halfway through the Bible. Psalm 150 is the grand finale of the book, closing all five of its sections with pure praise.
Verse 2 · Why God deserves it
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
1 Chronicles 29:11 · verse 11,176 of 31,102, 35.9% of the way through the Bible · Old Testament, History
What it means
After the people give generously for the temple, David leads them in a prayer of praise. He declares that greatness, power, glory and the kingdom all belong to God. These words are thought to lie behind the closing line traditionally added to the Lord's Prayer.
Where it fits
This comes in the final chapter of 1 Chronicles, about 36% of the way through the Bible. It is one of the last prayers of David recorded in Scripture.
Verse 3 · Singing in the dark
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
Acts 16:25 · verse 27,509 of 31,102, 88.4% of the way through the Bible · New Testament, History
What it means
Paul and Silas have been beaten and locked in the stocks in Philippi. Yet at midnight they are praying and singing hymns, while the other prisoners listen. Moments later an earthquake shakes the prison open.
Where it fits
Found in Acts 16, about 88.4% of the way through the Bible. It leads to the conversion of the Philippian jailer.
Verse 4 · When nothing goes right
Yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
Habakkuk 3:18 · verse 22,787 of 31,102, 73.3% of the way through the Bible · Old Testament, Minor Prophets
What it means
Habakkuk has wrestled with God over why injustice goes unpunished and why Babylon will be used to judge Judah. He ends with a song of trust: even if every crop and herd fails, he will still rejoice in God.
Where it fits
Habakkuk is the eighth of the twelve Minor Prophets, near the end of the Old Testament, about 73 percent of the way through the Bible. This verse comes near the end of the book's final chapter, a prayer-song.
Verse 5 · A daily offering
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
Hebrews 13:15 · verse 30,257 of 31,102, 97.3% of the way through the Bible · New Testament, General Epistles
What it means
The letter to the Hebrews explains that animal sacrifices are no longer needed because of Jesus. In their place, believers can bring a different kind of offering: words of thanks and honour to God, offered not occasionally but continually, as the 'fruit' of lips that confess His name.
Where it fits
New Testament, in the letters. It is in the final chapter of Hebrews, among its closing instructions, about 97% of the way through the Bible.
What Scripture says about praise
- Everything that breathes is made to praise God.
- God is great, and everything belongs to Him.
- Praise can rise even from a prison cell.
- We can rejoice in God even when everything fails.
- Make praise a continual offering through Jesus.
Take it with you
What is one thing you can thank God for out loud today, whatever the day brings?
A prayer
God, You are greater than anything I face today. Open my eyes to Your goodness and fill my mouth with thanks, even when life feels hard.