'Happy' in the Bible
and Leah saith, 'Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;' and she calleth his name Asher.
For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth to me.
Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.
His name is to the age, Before the sun is his name continued, And they bless themselves in him, All nations do pronounce him happy.
The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy art thou, and good is to thee.
A tree of life she is to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her is happy.
Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.
And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.
Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her,
Happy art thou, O land, When thy king is a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.
One is my dove, my perfect one, One she is of her mother, The choice one she is of her that bare her, Daughters saw, and pronounce her happy, Queens and concubines, and they praise her.
Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive for the widow.
Happy are ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!
And declared you happy have all the nations, For ye are a delightful land, said Jehovah of Hosts.
And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'