and the LORD's ransomed ones will return and enter Zion with singing. Everlasting joy will rest upon their heads, gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and mourning will flee away."

"The scattered ones of the LORD will return, and they will enter Zion with singing. Everlasting joy will be upon their heads; they will attain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Instead of your shame you will receive double, and instead of disgrace people will shout with joy over your inheritance; therefore you will inherit a double portion in their land; everlasting joy will be yours."

"Sing for joy, nations! Sing for joy, people who belong to him! For he'll avenge the blood of his servants, turn on his adversary, and cleanse both his land and his people."

as the days on which the Jewish people enjoyed relief from their enemies. It was a month when things turned around for them, from sorrow to joy and from mourning to a holiday. They were to celebrate these days as days of feasting and joy, and they were to send presents to one another and gifts to the poor.

With his own lances you pierced the heads of his warriors, who came out like a windstorm to scatter us their joy is to devour the afflicted who are in hiding.

as for me, I will rejoice in the LORD. I will find my joy in the God who delivers me.

May we shout for joy at your deliverance and unfurl our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD fulfill all your petitions.

Indeed, you have given him eternal blessings; you will make him glad with the joy of your presence.

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies, even those who surround me. I will sacrifice in his tent with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melodies to the LORD.

For his wrath is only momentary; yet his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may lodge for the night, but shouts of joy will come in the morning.

You have turned my mourning into dancing; you took off my sackcloth and clothed me with a garment of joy,

You have given me more joy in my heart than at harvest times, when grain and wine abound.

Let all those who take refuge in you rejoice! Let them shout for joy forever, and may you protect them. Let those who love your name exult in you.

The grapevine is shriveled and the fig tree is withered, along with the pomegranate tree, the palm tree, the apple tree and all of the cultivated trees. Truly, joy has evaporated from Adam's children."

Isn't our food supply cut off right in front of us, along with joy and gladness from the Temple of our God?

if I've found joy in great wealth that I own, if I've earned a lot with my own hands,

Because he says, "There's no profit for a man to find joy with God.'"

"The people of Ephraim will become like mighty soldiers; they will be glad, like those who have wine. Their children will see this and rejoice; their hearts will find joy in the Lord.

These things I will recall as I pour out my troubles within me: I used to go with the crowd in a procession to the house of God, accompanied with shouts of joy and thanksgiving.

Then I will approach the altar of God, even to God in whom my joy finds its source. Then I will praise you with the lyre, God, my God,

Filled with joy and gladness, they are presented when they enter the king's palace.

Clap your hands, all you nations! Shout to God with a loud cry of joy!

Beautifully situated, the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion towards the north, the city of the great King.

Let me know joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and let a willing attitude control me.

Righteous ones, be glad in the LORD and rejoice! Shout for joy, all of you who are upright in heart!

with a new song, sing to him; with shouts of joy, play skillfully.

Let those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and rejoice! Let them continuously say, "Magnify the LORD, who delights in giving peace to his servant."

Let all who seek you shout for joy and be glad in you. May those who love your deliverance say, "The LORD be magnified!" continuously.

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you, whose life you have redeemed.

But I will sing of your power and in the morning I will shout for joy about your gracious love. For you have been a fortress for me; and a refuge when I am distressed.

For you have been my strength, and in the shadow of your wings I will shout for joy.

Those living at the furthest ends of the earth are seized by fear because of your miraculous deeds. You make the going forth of the morning and the evening shout for joy.

The wilderness pastures drip with dew, and the hills wrap themselves with joy.

The meadows are clothed with flocks of sheep, and the valleys are covered with grain. They shout for joy; yes, they burst out in song! To the Director: A song. A Psalm.

Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy, because you judge people with fairness and you govern the people of the earth. Interlude

But the righteous rejoice and exult before God; they are overwhelmed with joy.

Satisfy us in the morning with your gracious love so we may sing for joy and rejoice every day.

Because you made me glad with your awesome deeds, LORD, I will sing for joy at the works of your hands.

Come! Let us sing joyfully to the LORD! Let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.

The field and all that is in it will rejoice; then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

let the rivers clap their hands in unison; and let the mountains sing for joy

Serve the LORD with joy. Come before him with a joyful shout!

I desire and long for the Temple courts of the LORD. My heart and body sing for joy to the living God.

I find joy in the path of your decrees, as if I owned all kinds of riches.

I take joy in your decrees, for they are my counselors. Daleth

Help me live my life by your commands, because my joy is in them.

He led his people out with gladness, his chosen ones with shouts of joy.

to witness the prosperity of your chosen ones, to rejoice in your nation's joy, to glory in your inheritance.

Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and talk about his works with shouts of joy.

May your priests be clothed with righteousness and may your godly ones shout for joy.

I will clothe its priests with salvation and its godly ones will shout for joy.

for it was there that our captors asked us for songs and our torturers demanded joy from us, "Sing us one of the songs about Zion!"

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you, if I don't consider Jerusalem to be more important than my highest joy.

Their minds are clogged as with greasy fat, but I find joy in your instruction.

I have inherited your decrees forever, because they are the joy of my heart.

I find joy at what you have said like one who has discovered a great treasure.

I am longing for your deliverance, LORD, and your instruction is my joy.

Those who weep while they plant will sing for joy while they harvest.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grieves his mother.

Just as the fool considers wickedness his joy, so is wisdom to the discerning man.

What the righteous hope for brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked dies.

May those he loves be exalted, singing for joy on their couches.

Administering justice brings joy to the righteous, but terror to those who practice iniquity.

The heart knows its own bitterness an outsider cannot share in its joy.

Even in laughter there may be heartache, and at the end of joy there may be grief.

An appropriate answer brings joy to a person, and a well-timed word is a good thing.

The man who fathers a fool does so to his sorrow the father of a fool has no joy.

After all, to the person who is good in God's sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner he gives the troublesome task of acquiring and accumulating in order to leave it to someone who is good in the sight of God. This also is pointless and chasing after the wind.

I concluded that it is worthwhile for people to find joy in their accomplishments, because that is their inheritance, since who can see what will exist after them?

For he will not brood much over the days of his life, since God will keep him occupied with the joys of his heart.

Find joy in living with your wife whom you love every day of your pointless life that God gave you on earth, because this is your life assignment and your work to do on earth.

The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but anyone who consorts with immoral women squanders his wealth.

You have increased the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice in your presence as they rejoice at the harvest, as they are glad when they're dividing the spoils of war.

Shout aloud, and sing for joy, you who live in Zion, because great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."

The humble will again experience joy in the LORD, and the poorest people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

it will burst into bloom, and rejoice with gladness and shouts of joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

then the lame will leap like deer, and the tongues of speechless people will sing for joy. Yes, waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams will run through the desert;

"Therefore I weep with the tears of Jazer for the vines of Sibmah. I drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh for the shouts of joy over your summer fruit and your grain harvest have ended.

Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards, in the vineyards people will sing no songs, and no cheers are raised. No vintner treads out wine in the presses, because I've put an end to the shouting.

But look! There is joy and festivity, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, you say, because we die tomorrow."

"They raise their voices; they shout for joy; from the west they shout aloud over the LORD's majesty.

"But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Those who live in the dust will wake up and shout for joy! For your dew is like the dew of dawn, and the earth will give birth to the dead.

Let the desert cry out, its towns and the villages where Kedar lives; and let those who live in Sela sing for joy. Let them shout aloud from the mountaintops.

"Shout for joy, you heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout aloud, you depths of the earth! Burst out with singing, you mountains, you forest, and all your trees! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob and will display his glory in Israel.

Shout with joy, you heavens, and rock with glee, you earth! Break out in song, you mountains! The LORD is comforting his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.

For the LORD will have compassion on Zion, have compassion on all her ruins. He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her deserts like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving, and the sound of singing. Sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they sing for joy; for they will see in plain sight the return of the LORD to Zion with compassion.

"Sing, you barren woman, even the one who never bore a child! Burst into song and shout for joy, even you who were never in labor! For the children of the desolate woman will be more than the children of her that is married," says the LORD.

"For you will go out in joy, and come back with peace; the mountains and the hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees in the fields will clap their hands.

Then you will look and be radiant; your heart will swell with joy, because the abundance of the seas will be diverted to you, and the riches of the nations will come to you.

"Although you have been forsaken and despised, with no one traveling through, I will make you the everlasting pride, the joy of all generations.

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating, for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight.

"Hear this message from the LORD, you who tremble at his words: "Your own brothers who hate you and exclude you because of my name have said: "Let the LORD be glorified; he will see your joy,' yet it is they who will be put to shame.

Your words were found, and I consumed them. Your words were joy and my hearts delight, because I bear your name, LORD God of the Heavenly Armies.

I'll again build you, and you will be rebuilt, Virgin Israel! You will again take up your tambourines and go out to dance with those who are filled with joy.

For this is what the LORD says: "Cry out with joy for Jacob and shout for the chief among the nations. Announce, give praise, and say, "Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel.'

They'll come and cry out with joy on the heights of Zion. They'll be radiant over the LORD's goodness, over the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil, and over the young of the flocks and herds. Their lives will be like a well-watered garden. They'll never again grow faint.

The virgins will rejoice with dancing, together with young men and old men. For I'll turn their mourning into joy, and I'll comfort them and give them gladness instead of sorrow.