God's Word on That

Tag: psalms

  • Our Awesome God

    The planets move in split-second precision.  There is no guesswork in the galaxies.  We see in nature that everything is part of a plan: harmonious, orderly, obedient…   Could a God who make the physical universe be any less exacting in the higher spiritual and moral order?

    Everywhere we look, we can see God’s marvelous works.

    That all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God, there is no other (1 Kings 8:60).

    Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom; let not the mighty man glory in his might; nor let the rich man glory in his riches.  But let anyone who glories glory in this: that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth.  For in these I delight,” says the Lord (Jeremiah 9:23-24).

    And He passed in front of Moses proclaiming: The Lord, the Lord God.  The compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin; yet He does not leave the guilty unpunished… (Exodus 34:6-7)

    The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.  Holy and awesome is His name!    (Psalm 111:4, 9)

    “I owe no one anything,” God declares.  “Everything is Mine.”  God owes no explanations, excuses, help, favor, or debt.  But He still gives.

    Does He who implanted the ear not hear?  Does He who formed the eye not see?  Does He who disciplines nations not punish?  Does He who teaches man lack knowledge?    (Psalm 94:9-10)

    The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.  The Lord is good to all, He has compassion on all He has made (Psalm 145:8-9).

    Grace = God’s work.  His idea.  His expense.  His discretion.

    Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.  For He spoke and it was done!  He commanded and it stood fast!    (Psalm 33:8-9)

    … You alone are God (Psalm 86:10).

    If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is Mine and all that is in it.  Do I eat the flesh of bulls?  Or drink the blood of goats?  Sacrifice thank offerings to your God (Psalm 50:12-14).

    For He does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of men (Lamentations 3:33).

    “Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die,” says the Lord God, “and not that he should turn from his ways and live?” (Ezekiel 18:23)

    God is God.  God knows what He is doing.  When you can’t trace His hand, trust His heart.     (Max Lucado)

  • Suffering’s Dealing With Us

    In this you greatly rejoice though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.  These have come so that your faith – which is of greater worth than gold, which itself perishes even though it be refined by fire – may be proven genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed (1 Peter 1:6-7).

    With God as our Rock of refuge and strength, our enemies cannot harm us.

    If we can see an enemy as someone who is an unwilling instrument of our blessings, it is easier to be forgiving and loving…  We must discover that our enemies can never really harm us.

    Don’t give up when you think God has abandoned you.                                      Pray He gives you patience to see the situation through.                     Then thank Him in advance for what He is about to do.

    He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit; and I will live to enjoy the light.  God does all these things to a man – twice, even three times – to turn back his soul from the pit, that the light of life may shine on him (Job 33:28-30).

    Isn’t it strange that beggars and kings

    and clowns that caper in sawdust rings

    And common folk like you and me

    are builders of eternity?

    To each is given a bag of tools,

    a shapeless mass and a book of rules,

    And each must fashion ‘ere life has flown

    a stumbling block or a stepping stone.

    Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.  They are renewed every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23).

    Struggling with life’s difficulties makes us a little wiser, a little more capable, enabling us to comfort others who experience pain.  Difficulties are short lived; rewards are eternal.

    The grass is not usually greener on the other side.  There are just things on the other side you don’t see from your side.  If you were where that other person is, you probably wouldn’t be happy on that side either.

    Who is causing our troubles (if not our own sin) is not easy to determine.  We don’t want to rebuke the devil for something God is behind, but don’t want to bear it if there is something we can do to end it either.  Still, the response to adversity is far more important than the source of it.  No matter where it comes from, God uses it to deepen faith.  Our response to adversity determines if God can use it to accomplish His purposes.

    Give ear and come to Me; hear Me, that your soul may live (Isaiah 55:3).

    Look to my right and see, no one is concerned for me.  I have no refuge, no one who cares for my life. [Only You]  (Psalm 142:4)

    When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant.  I was a brute beast before You (Psalm 73:21-22).

    Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey Your Word… It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn Your decrees (Psalm 119:67, 71).

    When God comforts you, you have cause to fear that you might care more for His gifts than for Himself.  But when He deals roughly with you and you hold on fast, it is to Him alone that you cling!          

  • Sufferings Dealing With Man

    How often we provoke Him in our wildernesses and grieve Him in our desert wanderings!

    Be careful in dealing with other people. Predators are abundant.

    It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man (Psalm 118:8)

    Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless (Psalm 60:11).

    Give us help from trouble, for the help of man is useless (Psalm 108:12).

    Resentment = when you allow your heart to turn into hate.  Hate, simmering in your heart, only causes bitterness and you alone suffer it.  Forget the hurt!  There is no other emotion that imprisons the soul like the unwillingness to forgive.

    For if anyone thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives [only] himself (Galatians 6:3).

    Profoundly take note: the humble seem to always be at peace.  The proud are most often envious and angry.

    Anger is the cancer of the spirit.  Anger doesn’t do any good.  It only feeds a primitive lust for revenge, which feeds our anger… [see how the cycle begins!]

    A man of great wrath will suffer punishment; for if you rescue him, you will have to do it again [and again].    (Proverbs 19:19)

    Be on your guard against all kinds of greed.  A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions (Luke 12:15).

    For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, for which some have… pierced themselves with many sorrows  (1 Timothy 6:10).

    Blind ambition is one giant step away from God and closer to catastrophe.

    Turn my eyes away from worthless things…   (Psalm 119:37)

    Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil (Psalm 141:4).

    There is no gift that, after having been a help, will not become a snare and a hindrance to the soul that rests in it.  So God often takes away what He has given.  (Fenelon)

    People are a source of joy, not a source of stress.  God sees each one of us as having value, so do not judge!

    A pearl lost in the mud is not less valuable.  A pearl coated with balm is not more valuable.  We have our value from our Father, and how and where we live cannot change that.   (Sayings of Yeshua)

    For the real riches, try switching kingdoms.

    Consider carefully how you listen.  Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he [thinks he] has will be taken from him!  (Luke 8:18)

  • Showing Gratitude For His Love

    I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever… I will declare that Your love stands firm… (Psalm 87:1-2)

    I will sing of Your love and justice… (Psalm 101:1)

    I will bow down toward Your Holy Temple and will praise Your name for Your love and Your faithfulness (Psalm 138:2).

    Satisfy us in the morning with Your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all the day (Psalm 90:14).

    That those who love Your name may rejoice in You (Psalm 5:11).

    In the morning I will sing of Your love (Psalm 59:16).

    It is good to praise the Lord… to proclaim Your love in the morning… (Psalm 92:1-2)

    I will rejoice and be glad in Your love…  Let Your face shine on Your servant, save me in Your unfailing love…  Praise be to the Lord, for He showed His wonderful love to me… (Psalm 31:7, 16, 21)

    Because Your love is better than life, my lips shall glorify You (Psalm 63:3).

    Praise be to God who has not rejected my prayer or withheld His love from me! (Psalm 66:20)

    Let us give thanks to the Lord for His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds for men (Psalm 107:8,15,21,31).

    The Lord delights in those who fear Him, who put their hope in His unfailing love (Psalm 147:11).

    Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and Your servant loves them (Psalm 119:140).

    Those who love Your law have great peace, and nothing causes them to stumble (Psalm 119:165).

    I love Your law. (Psalm 119:113,163,97,127,119)

    My soul keeps Your statutes and I love them exceedingly (Psalm 119:167).

    I shall delight in Your commands, which I love… I shall lift up my hands to Your commands which I love… (Psalm 119:47-48)

    Consider how I love Your precepts; preserve my life, O Lord, according to Your love (Psalm 119:159).

    If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the Lord your God will keep His covenant of love with you…  He will love you and bless you… (Deuteronomy 7:12-13)

    The great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of love with all who love Him and obey His commands (Daniel 9:4).

    You keep Your covenant of love with Your servants who continue wholeheartedly in Your way (1 Kings 8:23).

    Our God, the great, mighty and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of love, do not let this hardship seem trifling in Your eyes (Nehemiah 9:32).

    Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the Lord (Psalm 107:43).

  • God Loves Us Individually

    Remember, O Lord, Your great mercy and love for they are from of old…  According to Your love remember me, for You are [beyond] good, O Lord (Psalm 25:6).

    Out of the goodness of Your love, deliver me (Psalm 109:21).

    Preserve my life according to Your love, and I will obey the statues of Your mouth (Psalm 119:88).

    Because he loves Me, says the Lord, I will rescue him.  I will protect him for he acknowledges My name (Psalm 91:14).

    Help me, O Lord my God; save me in accordance with Your love (Psalm 109:26).

    Turn to me and be gracious to me, after Your manner with those who love Your name (Psalm 119:132).

    Hear my voice in accordance with Your love; preserve my life according to Your laws (Psalm 119:149).

    Turn O Lord, and deliver me; save me because of Your unfailing love (Psalm 6:4).

    “I have loved you,” says the Lord… (Malachi 1:2)

    I have loved you with an everlasting love, I have drawn you with loving-kindness (Jeremiah 31:3).

    For great is Your love toward me…  You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness (Psalm 86:13, 15).

    My faithful love will be with him…  I will maintain My love to him forever…  I will not take My love from him nor will I betray My faithfulness (Psalm 89:24, 28, 33).

    Through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken (Psalm 21:7).

    Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your unfailing love; according to Your great compassion blot out my transgressions (Psalm 51:1).

    Answer me, O Lord, out of the goodness of Your love; in Your great mercy turn to me (Psalm 69:16).

    Do not withhold Your mercy from me, O Lord; may Your love and truth always protect me (Psalm 40:11).

    In Your love You kept me from the pit of destruction; You have put all my sins behind You… (Isaiah 38:17)

    For Your love is ever before me; and I walk continually in Your truth (Psalm 26:3).

    You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call to You… (Psalm 86:5)

    The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me; Your love O Lord, endures forever (Psalm 138:8).

    The Lord will command His loving-kindness in the daytime, and His song will be with me on the night;  [my every breath shall be] a prayer to the God of my life (Psalm 42:8).

    He has taken me to the banquet hall and His banner over me is love (Song of Songs 2:4).

    The Lord your God… will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing (Zephaniah 3:17).

    When I said, “my foot is slipping,” Your love, O Lord, supported me (Psalm 94:18).

    In Your unfailing love silence my enemies… (Psalm 143:12)

    I love the Lord because He hears my voice and my supplications (Psalm 116:1).

    He grants sleep to those He loves (Psalm 127:2).

    In Your great love, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation (Psalm 69:13).

    May Your unfailing love come to me, O Lord; Your salvation according to Your promise (Psalm 119:41).

    May Your unfailing love be my comfort according to Your promise to Your servant (Psalm 119:76).

    Deal with Your servant according to Your love… (Psalm 119:124)

    Let the morning bring me word of Your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in You… (Psalm 143:8)

    The Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in Him (Psalm 32:10).

    The eyes of the Lord are on those… whose hope is in His unfailing love (Psalm 33:18).

    May Your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in You (Psalm 33:22).

    God sends His love and His faithfulness… for great is Your love, reaching to the heavens (Psalm 57:3, 10).

    For great is Your love, higher than the heavens (Psalm 108:4).

    For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His love for those who fear Him…  From everlasting to everlasting, the Lord’s love is with those who fear Him (Psalm 103:11, 17).

    For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake His faithful ones (Psalm 37:28).

    Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail (Lamentations 3:22).

    “… My unfailing love for you will not be shaken, nor My covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you (Isaiah 54:10).

    Since you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you… (Isaiah 43:4)

    I trust in Your unfailing love (Psalm 13:5).

    My only hope is in Your unfailing love and faithfulness (Psalm 40:27).

    I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever (Psalm 52:8).

    [It is God] Who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion (Psalm 103:4).

  • God’s Love For His Creation

    The earth is filled with Your love, O Lord… (Psalm 119:64)

    How priceless is Your unfailing love, O God! (Psalm 36:7)

    Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens; Your faithfulness to the skies (Psalm 36:5).

    Within Your Temple, O God, we meditate on Your unfailing love (Psalm 48:9).

    The Lord loves righteousness and justice.  The earth is full of His unfailing love (Psalm 33:5).

    Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; love and faithfulness go before You (Psalm 89:14).

    Love and faithfulness meet together, righteousness and peace kiss each other (Psalm 85:10).

    To Your name be the glory, because of Your love and faithfulness (Psalm 115:1).

    The compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in love and faithfulness (Exodus 34:6).

    Showing love to a thousand generations of those who love Me (Exodus 20:6).

    For the Lord is good and His love endures forever (Psalm 100:5).

    For great is His love toward us… (Psalm 117:2)

    With the Lord is unfailing love and with Him is full redemption (Psalm 130:7).

    Out of His great love He relented (Psalm 106:45).

    In His love and mercy He redeemed them… (Isaiah 63:9)

    Rise up and help us; redeem us because of Your unfailing love (Psalm 44:26).

    Save us and help us with Your right hand that those You love may be delivered (Psalm 60:5).

    Save us and help us with Your right hand that those who love You may be delivered (Psalm 108:6).

    Continue Your loving-kindness to those who know You (Psalm 36:10).

    Show us Your unfailing love, O Lord, and grant us Your salvation (Psalm 85:7).

    In accordance with Your great love, forgive the sin of these people (Numbers 14:19).

    In Your unfailing love You will lead the people You have redeemed (Exodus 15:13).

    I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love… (Hosea 11:4)

    For the Lord is righteous; He loves justice; upright men will see His face (Psalm 11:7).

    The Lord loves the righteous (PSM 146:8).

    The Lord watches over all who love Him… (Psalm 145:20)

    He loves those who pursue righteousness (Proverbs 15:9).

    I am the Lord, who exercises loving-kindness, justice and righteousness on the earth, for in these I delight, says the Lord (Jeremiah 9:24).

    You love righteousness and hate wickedness.  Therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions (Psalm 45:7).

  • So Let Us Continually Show Joy

    Rejoice always! (1 Thessalonians 5:16)

    Rejoice in the Lord always!  I say it again: Rejoice! (Philippians 4:4)

    Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory! … (Revelation 19:7)

    Be glad and rejoice.  For the Lord has done marvelous things (Joel 2:21).

    Be glad, O people of Zion; rejoice in the Lord our God… (Joel 2:23)

    Be glad in the Lord, you righteous ones, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name (Psalm 97:12).

    Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones.  Shout for joy all you who are upright in heart (Psalm 32:11).

    Be glad and rejoice with all your heart…  The Lord your God… will exult over you with joy… (Zephaniah 3:14, 17).

    The righteous shall be glad in the Lord and trust in Him.  And all the upright in heart shall glory and offer praise (Psalm 64:10).

    Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous!  For praise from the upright is beautiful (Psalm 33:1).

    Rejoice in everything you put your hands to, because the Lord your God has blessed you (Deuteronomy12:7).

    The Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you shall be altogether joyful (Deuteronomy 16:15).

    I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise… (Psalm 42:4)

    For you will go out with joy and be led forth with peace.  The mountains and hills will break forth into shouts of joy (Isaiah 55:12).

    Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in your believing… (Romans 15:13)

    Joyously draw water from the springs of salvation (Isaiah 12:3).

    We will be glad and rejoice in You (Songs 1:14).

    Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice (Psalm 105:3).

    Let all those who seek You rejoice and be gad in You… (Psalm 40:16)

    May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You… (Psalm 70:4)

    May the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful (Psalm 68:3).

    In Him our hearts rejoice for we trust in His Holy Name (Psalm 33:21).

    We will rejoice in Him! (Psalm 66:6)

    This is the day the Lord has made; I will rejoice and be glad in it (Psalm 118:24).

    Be glad in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven (Luke 6:23).

    Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven…. (Matthew 5:12)

    Rejoice with those who rejoice… (Romans 12:15)

    Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.  Sing and make melody in your heart to the Lord (Ephesians 5:19).

    Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and tell of His works with joyful singing (Psalm 107:22).

    Let the saints be joyful in glory; let them sing for joy in their beds (Psalm 149:5).

    Come, let us sing to the Lord.  Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation (Psalm 95:1).

    Let them shout for joy and rejoice who favor My vindication (Psalm 35:27).

    Rejoice over [Babylon], O Heavens.  Rejoice, saints and apostles and peoples, for God has avenged you on her (Revelation 18:20).

    Be joyful in hope… (Romans 12:12)

    Glory in His Holy Name!  Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice (1 Chronicles 16:10).

    Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation (Isaiah 25:9).

    [We pray that you may be] strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy, giving thanks to the Father… (Colossians 1:11-12)

    You are a chosen people… that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.  [We are created to rejoice.] (1 Peter 2:9)

    In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy (Philippians 1:4).

    When God gives any man wealth and possessions and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work – this is a gift of God (Ecclesiastes 5:19).

    Nothing is better for a man… than to eat and drink and be glad.  Then joy will accompany him in his work (Ecclesiastes 8:15).

    He shall pray to God and He will delight in him; he shall see His face with joy… (Job 33:26)

    The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous… (Psalm 118:15)

    Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart (Psalm 97:11).

    The execution of justice is joy for the righteous… (Proverbs 21:15)

    The prospect/hope of the righteous is joy… (Proverbs 10:28)

    Counselors of peace have joy (Proverbs 12:20).

    Love… rejoices with the truth (1 Corinthians 13:6).

    Then you will find your joy in the Lord… (Isaiah 58:14)

    May the Lord rejoice in His works! (Psalm 104:31)

    Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord (Philippians 3:1).

  • Personal Expressions of Joy

    You turned my wailing into dancing.  You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy that my heart may sing to You and not be silent.  O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever (Psalm 30:11-12).

    May my meditations be pleasing to Him as I rejoice in the Lord (Psalm 104:34).

    I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High (Psalm 9:2).

    I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy… (Psalm 31:7)

    My spirit rejoices in God, my Savior (Luke 1:47).

    I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord (Psalm 27:6).

    I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall be joyful in my God… (Isaiah 61:10)

    My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You – I, whom You have redeemed (Psalm 71:23).

    I will go to the altar of God; to God, my Exceeding Joy.  And on the harp I will praise You, O God my God (Psalm 43:4).

    My heart leaps for joy and will give thanks to Him in song (Psalm 28:7).

    My mouth offers praise with joyful lips (Psalm 63:5).

    Your statues … are the joy of my heart (Psalm 119:111).

    The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart… (Psalm 19:8)

    Your words become for me a joy and the delight of my heart.  For I have been called by Your name, O Lord God of Hosts (Jeremiah 15:16).

    For You make me glad by Your deeds, O Lord; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands (Psalm 92:4).

    You have filled my heart with greater joy than when the grain and new wine abound (Psalm 4:7).

    Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul (Psalm 86:4).

    My heart rejoices in the Lord…  I smile at my enemies, because I rejoice in Your salvation (1 Samuel 2:1).

    Make me to hear joy and gladness; let the bones which You have broken rejoice…  Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your [gracious and] generous Spirit (Psalm 51:8, 12).

    Let Your servant rejoice (Psalm 109:28).

    Yet I will exult in the Lord; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation (Habakkuk 3:18).

    My heart rejoices in Your salvation (Psalm 13:5).

    Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices…  You have made known to me the path of life.  You will fill me with joy in Your presence (Acts 2:26, 28).

    That I may share in the joy of Your nation, and join Your inheritance in giving praise (Psalm 106:5).

    For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17).

    Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits are subject to you, but rather that your names are recorded in heaven (Luke 10:20).

    Rejoice before the Lord your God… (Leviticus 23:40)

    You shall rejoice before the Lord your God… (Deuteronomy 16:11)

    You shall rejoice before the Lord your God in all to which you put your hands (Deuteronomy 12:18).

    You shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household (Deuteronomy 14:26).

    For the joy of the Lord is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10).

    The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field.  When a man found it, he hid it again and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field (Matthew 13:44).

    There is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime (Ecclesiastes 3:12).

    Let each one examine his own work, and then he will have reason for rejoicing… (Galatians 6:4)

    Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works (Ecclesiastes 9:7).

    These things I have spoken to you that My joy may be in you and your joy may be made full (John 15:11).

    Ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be made full (John 16:24).

    And these things we write so your joy may be complete (1 John 1:4).

    These things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy made full in themselves (John 17:13).

  • We Can Give God Joy

    The Father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice; and he who becomes the father of a wise child shall have joy in Him (Proverbs 23:24).

    A wise son makes a father glad… (Proverbs 15:20)

    A wise son brings joy to his Father… (Proverbs 10:1)

    A man who loves wisdom makes his Father rejoice… (Proverbs 29:3)

    Will You not revive us again that Your people may rejoice in You? (Psalm 85:6)

    They will celebrate Your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of Your righteousness (Psalm 145:7).

    Joy and gladness will be found in [Zion]; thanksgiving and the sound of singing (Isaiah 51:3).

    Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! … (Zechariah 9:9)

    Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst (Isaiah 12:6).

    Let Israel rejoice in his Maker.  Let the children of Zion be glad in their King (Psalm 149:2).

    How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!  …  They rejoice in Your name all day long… (Psalm 89:15-16)

    Announce this with shouts of joy… the Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob (Isaiah 48:20).

    Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people…. (Deuteronomy 32:43)

    May Your priests be clothed with righteousness; may Your saints sing for joy (Psalm 132:9).

    But let all those who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice; let them ever sing and shout for joy because You make a covering over them and defend them; let those also who love Your name be joyful in You and be in high spirits (Psalm 5:11).

    O satisfy us in the morning with Your mercy, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our day (Psalm 90:14).

    The humble also shall increase their gladness in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 29:19).

    And the ransomed of the Lord will return and come with joyful shouting to Zion, with everlasting joy upon their heads.  They will find gladness and joy… (Isaiah 35:10)

    May Your saints rejoice in Your goodness (2 Chronicles 6:41).

  • Study On Joy

    To increase your joy seek God’s presence.  Your joy is a gift from God to you – if you lose it, it is your job to find it, and not let it escape again.  Depression, sickness, despair – most any problem can be overcome with remembering our joy.  Our singing can shut the devil up and drive him away.  Make a joyful noise!  Even if you can’t sing, God will like it.

    Creation expresses joy.

    Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; and let men say among the nations, the Lord reigns! (1 Chronicles 16:31)

    Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice … then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy (Psalm 96:11-12).             

    Sing, O Heavens, for the Lord has done it!  Shout you lower parts of the earth; Break forth into singing, you mountains… (Isaiah 44:23)

    Shout joyfully to God, all the Earth! (Psalm 66:1)

    Shout joyfully before the King, the Lord (Psalm 98:6).

    Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth!  Serve the Lord with gladness.  Come before Him with joyful singing (Psalm 100:1-2).

    Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises (Psalm 98:4).

    Let the nations be glad and sing for joy… (Psalm 67:4)

    Sing for joy to God our Strength; shout joyfully to the God of Jacob (Psalm 81:1).

    Shout for joy, O Heavens!  And rejoice, O Earth!  Break forth into joyful shouting, O Mountains! (Isaiah 49:13)

    Burst into songs of joy together… for the Lord has comforted His people… (Isaiah 52:9)

    Therefore rejoice, you Heavens! … (Revelation 12:12)

    The morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy! (Job 38:7)

    You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy! (Psalm 65:8)

    I [wisdom] was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in His presence; rejoicing in His whole world and delighting in mankind (Proverbs 8:30-31).