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  Bono's Bible | Biblical Allusions in U2 Songs

MAGNIFICENT

I give you back my voice
​From the womb
From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother's womb. I will ever praise you. Psalm 71:6 NIV
 
​For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:13-14 NIV
My first cry
​It was a joyful noise
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Psalm 100:1-2 KJV
 
O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Psalm 95:1 KJV
Justified till we die
Be it known... that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Acts 13:38-39 KJV
 
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Galatians 2:15 KJV see also Romans 3:27-28 KJV
 
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11 KJV
You and I will magnify
The Magnificent
Magnificent
Magnificent
Mary: "My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour." Luke 1:46-47 KJV

O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. Psalm 34:3 KJV

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30 KJV

Solomon: "I have built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever." 2 Chronicles 6:1-3 NIV

All this also comes from the Lord Almighty, whose plan is wonderful, whose wisdom is magnificent. Isaiah 28:29 NIV
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