city called newark, new jersey, the honorable corey bookner. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, it is my privilege to welcome you all here to our great city. we are here to mourn our loss, but to celebrate her life. >> god is in heaven, and with him is one of our angels, whitney houston. ♪ ♪ >> as the heavens reverberate in joy and gladness may we understand, weeping may endure through the night, but joy -- joy cometh in the morning. we thank you for gathering here, and i again want to say we love you, whitney houston. thank you. ♪ ♪ >> would everyone please rise. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> as asleep in the morning. they're like grass which grows up, in the morning it flourishes and grows up. in the evening it is cut down and withers. for we are consumed by thine anger and by thine wrath are we