And therefore I am joyful in the LORD, and my soul rejoiceth in my God. For he shall put upon me the garment of salvation, and cover me with the mantle of righteousness. He shall deck me like a bridegroom, and as a bride that hath her apparel upon her.

For the fig trees shall not be green, and the vines shall bear no fruit. The labour of the olive shall be but lost, and the land shall bring no corn: the sheep shall be taken out of the fold, and there shall be no cattle in the stalls.

Not only so, but we also joy in God by the means of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have received the atonement.

Upon

Awake, O my glory; awake lute and harp. I myself will awake right early.

Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faithfulness, O God, playing on the lute; unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou holy one of Israel.

Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret, the merry harp with the lute.

And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD with all manner instruments of fir wood - with harps, psalteries, timbrels, fiddles and cymbals.

And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and twenty four elders fell down before the lamb, having harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints,

O god

My God, my soul is vexed within me; therefore I remember the land of Jordan, and the little hill of Hermon.

General references

In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart, thy comforts have refreshed my soul.