Job 8:21

The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!

Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.”

“Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth; break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn’t travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says Yahweh.

“ ‘I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land. They will dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.

Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Yahweh had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!

But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.

Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.

Break out into joy! Sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

Sing, daughter of Zion! Shout, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.

He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?”

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.

Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.

Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?

For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.

Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!

Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.

No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there.

The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. Dust will be the serpent’s food. They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,” says Yahweh.

They will come with weeping. I will lead them with petitions. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they won’t stumble; for I am a father to Israel. Ephraim is my firstborn.

As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

Again he says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat;

I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!

Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

“Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God. I am Yahweh your God.”

When Yahweh’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice and wept.

Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.

David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.

Ascribe to Yahweh, you relatives of the peoples, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength!

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice! Let them say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns!”

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice. Many also shouted aloud for joy,

They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and the children also rejoiced; so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even far away.

You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning’s dawn and the evening with songs of joy.

Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,

Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord!

Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.

Say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns.” The world is also established. It can’t be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.

Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!

Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands!

that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it.

He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.

with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.

My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother’s only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed. The queens and the concubines saw her, and they praised her.

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance; the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

They will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The waste, desolate, and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’

The nations will know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is among them forever more.” ’ ”

The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it and produces a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.