
God is indeed my salvation; I will trust and won’t be afraid. Yah, the LORD, is my strength and my shield; he has become my salvation.”
You will draw water with joy from the springs of salvation.
Although you’ve never seen him, you love him. Even though you don’t see him now, you trust him and so rejoice with a glorious joy that is too much for words.
You are receiving the goal of your faith: your salvation.
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in faith so that you overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
I surely rejoice in the LORD; my heart is joyful because of my God, because he has clothed me with clothes of victory, wrapped me in a robe of righteousness like a bridegroom in a priestly crown, and like a bride adorned in jewelry.
Therefore, since we have been made righteous through his faithfulness, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
We have access by faith into this grace in which we stand through him, and we boast in the hope of God’s glory.
I have said these things to you so that my joy will be in you and your joy will be complete.
Nevertheless, don’t rejoice because the spirits submit to you. Rejoice instead that your names are written in heaven.”
so I can declare all your praises, so I can rejoice in your salvation in the gates of Daughter Zion.
They will say on that day, “Look! This is our God, for whom we have waited— and he has saved us! This is the LORD, for whom we have waited; let’s be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”
The LORD was my strength and protection; he was my saving help!
The sounds of joyful songs and deliverance are heard in the tents of the righteous: “The LORD’s strong hand is victorious!
Sing to the LORD, all the earth! Share the news of his saving work every single day!
Declare God’s glory among the nations; declare his wondrous works among all people
Sing, heavens, for the LORD has acted; shout, depths of the earth! Burst out with a ringing cry, you mountains, forest, and every tree in it. The LORD has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself through Israel.
The wages that sin pays are death, but God’s gift is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rejoice always.
Pray continually.
Give thanks in every situation because this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Our mouths were suddenly filled with laughter; our tongues were filled with joyful shouts. It was even said, at that time, among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them!”
Yes, the LORD has done great things for us, and we are overjoyed.
You who are righteous, rejoice in the LORD and be glad! All you whose hearts are right, sing out in joy!
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
So then, my brothers and sisters, be glad in the Lord. It’s no trouble for me to repeat the same things to you because they will help keep you on track.
Up to now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive so that your joy will be complete.
“Go, eat rich food, and drink something sweet,” he said to them, “and send portions of this to any who have nothing ready! This day is holy to our LORD. Don’t be sad, because the joy from the LORD is your strength!”
You became imitators of us and of the Lord when you accepted the message that came from the Holy Spirit with joy in spite of great suffering.
But let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you, and let those who love your saving help say again and again: “God is great!”
Because of the abundant presence of the Holy Spirit in their lives, the disciples were overflowing with happiness.
The LORD’s ransomed ones will return and enter Zion with singing, with everlasting joy upon their heads. Happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and groaning will flee away.
You changed my mourning into dancing. You took off my funeral clothes and dressed me up in joy
so that my whole being might sing praises to you and never stop. LORD, my God, I will give thanks to you forever.
And not only that: we even take pride in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, the one through whom we now have a restored relationship with God.
What do I think about this? Just this: since Christ is proclaimed in every possible way, whether from dishonest or true motives, I’m glad and I’ll continue to be glad.
In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who changes both heart and life than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to change their hearts and lives.
All you who are righteous, shout joyfully to the LORD! It’s right for those who do right to praise God.
Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD; let them take refuge in him; let everyone whose heart is in the right place give praise!
Be happy in your hope, stand your ground when you’re in trouble, and devote yourselves to prayer.
But let all who take refuge in you celebrate. Let them sing out loud forever! Protect them so that all who love your name can rejoice in you.
Sing, heavens! Rejoice, earth! Break out, mountains, with a song. The LORD has comforted his people, and taken pity on those who suffer.
Be full of joy and be glad, because you have a great reward in heaven. In the same way, people harassed the prophets who came before you.
The LORD your God is in your midst—a warrior bringing victory. He will create calm with his love; he will rejoice over you with singing.
You teach me the way of life. In your presence is total celebration. Beautiful things are always in your right hand.
The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart trusts him. I was helped, my heart rejoiced, and I thank him with my song.
Then the young women will dance for joy; the young and old men will join in. I will turn their mourning into laughter and their sadness into joy; I will comfort them.
But let all who seek you celebrate and rejoice in you. Let those who love your salvation always say, “The LORD is great!”
Therefore, my brothers and sisters whom I love and miss, who are my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord. Loved ones,
His anger lasts for only a second, but his favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay all night, but by morning, joy!
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of a messenger who proclaims peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God rules!”
Listen! Your lookouts lift their voice; they sing out together! Right before their eyes they see the LORD returning to Zion.
Break into song together, you ruins of Jerusalem! The LORD has comforted his people and has redeemed Jerusalem.
Then Hannah prayed: My heart rejoices in the LORD. My strength rises up in the LORD! My mouth mocks my enemies because I rejoice in your deliverance.
My lips will rejoice aloud when I make music for you; my whole being, which you saved, will do the same.
“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give you. I give to you not as the world gives. Don’t be troubled or afraid.
because you’ve made me happy, LORD, by your acts. I sing with joy because of your handiwork.
Finally, brothers and sisters, good-bye. Put things in order, respond to my encouragement, be in harmony with each other, and live in peace—and the God of love and peace will be with you.
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life.
“Come to me, all you who are struggling hard and carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest.
Put on my yoke, and learn from me. I’m gentle and humble. And you will find rest for yourselves.
My yoke is easy to bear, and my burden is light.”
but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength; they will fly up on wings like eagles; they will run and not be tired; they will walk and not be weary.
The person whose help is the God of Jacob— the person whose hope rests on the LORD their God— is truly happy!
and fix our eyes on Jesus, faith’s pioneer and perfecter. He endured the cross, ignoring the shame, for the sake of the joy that was laid out in front of him, and sat down at the right side of God’s throne.
to provide for Zion’s mourners, to give them a crown in place of ashes, oil of joy in place of mourning, a mantle of praise in place of discouragement. They will be called Oaks of Righteousness, planted by the LORD to glorify himself.
Bless the Lord! The God of our salvation supports us day after day! Selah
Our God is the God of salvation, and escape from certain death comes through God my LORD.
Because if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and in your heart you have faith that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Trusting with the heart leads to righteousness, and confessing with the mouth leads to salvation.
You are saved by God’s grace because of your faith. This salvation is God’s gift. It’s not something you possessed.
It’s not something you did that you can be proud of.
This hope, which is a safe and secure anchor for our whole being, enters the sanctuary behind the curtain.
I’m convinced that nothing can separate us from God’s love in Christ Jesus our Lord: not death or life, not angels or rulers, not present things or future things, not powers
or height or depth, or any other thing that is created.
The LORD is merciful and righteous; our God is compassionate.
The LORD protects simple folk; he saves me whenever I am brought down.
I tell myself, You can be at peace again, because the LORD has been good to you.
The thief enters only to steal, kill, and destroy. I came so that they could have life—indeed, so that they could live life to the fullest.
And this is the testimony: God gave eternal life to us, and this life is in his Son.
The one who has the Son has life. The one who doesn’t have God’s Son does not have life.
So then, if anyone is in Christ, that person is part of the new creation. The old things have gone away, and look, new things have arrived!
Those with sound thoughts you will keep in peace, in peace because they trust in you.
Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD is a rock for all ages.
I give thanks to you, my Lord, my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify your name forever,
because your faithful love toward me is awesome and because you’ve rescued my life from the lowest part of hell.
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise for our God. Many people will learn of this and be amazed; they will trust the LORD.
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And the life that I now live in my body, I live by faith, indeed, by the faithfulness of God’s Son, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Only in God do I find rest; my salvation comes from him.
Only God is my rock and my salvation— my stronghold!—I won’t be shaken anymore.
And you will say on that day: “Thank the LORD; call on God’s name; proclaim God’s deeds among the peoples; declare that God’s name is exalted.
Sing to the LORD, who has done glorious things; proclaim this throughout all the earth.”
The peace of Christ must control your hearts—a peace into which you were called in one body. And be thankful people.
Brothers and sisters, we have confidence that we can enter the holy of holies by means of Jesus’ blood,
through a new and living way that he opened up for us through the curtain, which is his body,
I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise will always be in my mouth.
I praise the LORD— let the suffering listen and rejoice.
Magnify the LORD with me! Together let us lift his name up high!
He brought them into his home and gave them a meal. He was overjoyed because he and everyone in his household had come to believe in God.
If death ruled because of one person’s failure, those who receive the multiplied grace and the gift of righteousness will even more certainly rule in life through the one person Jesus Christ.
“I assure you that whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and won’t come under judgment but has passed from death into life.
The same Spirit agrees with our spirit, that we are God’s children.
But if we are children, we are also heirs. We are God’s heirs and fellow heirs with Christ, if we really suffer with him so that we can also be glorified with him.
Living in the Most High’s shelter, camping in the Almighty’s shade,
I say to the LORD, “You are my refuge, my stronghold! You are my God—the one I trust!”
So we aren’t depressed. But even if our bodies are breaking down on the outside, the person that we are on the inside is being renewed every day.
Our temporary minor problems are producing an eternal stockpile of glory for us that is beyond all comparison.
We don’t focus on the things that can be seen but on the things that can’t be seen. The things that can be seen don’t last, but the things that can’t be seen are eternal.
This is why he can completely save those who are approaching God through him, because he always lives to speak with God for them.
This is how we know we remain in him and he remains in us, because he has given us a measure of his Spirit.
What can I give back to the LORD for all the good things he has done for me?
I’ll lift up the cup of salvation. I’ll call on the LORD’s name.
You too heard the word of truth in Christ, which is the good news of your salvation. You were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit because you believed in Christ.
The Holy Spirit is the down payment on our inheritance, which is applied toward our redemption as God’s own people, resulting in the honor of God’s glory.
Light is planted like seed for the righteous person; joy too for those whose heart is right.
Rejoice in the LORD, righteous ones! Give thanks to his holy name!
Yes, you will go out with celebration, and you will be brought back in peace. Even the mountains and the hills will burst into song before you; all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
“As the Father loved me, I too have loved you. Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
I have said these things to you so that my joy will be in you and your joy will be complete.
Sing to the LORD! Bless his name! Share the news of his saving work every single day!
Declare God’s glory among the nations; declare his wondrous works among all people
We know that God works all things together for good for the ones who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.
LORD, you are my God. I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, planned long ago, faithful and sure.
But now, says the LORD— the one who created you, Jacob, the one who formed you, Israel: Don’t fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; when through the rivers, they won’t sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you won’t be scorched and flame won’t burn you.
I am the LORD your God, the holy one of Israel, your savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
The angel said, “Don’t be afraid! Look! I bring good news to you—wonderful, joyous news for all people.
Your savior is born today in David’s city. He is Christ the Lord.
I believe that the present suffering is nothing compared to the coming glory that is going to be revealed to us.
Shout triumphantly to the LORD, all the earth! Be happy! Rejoice out loud! Sing your praises!
Sing your praises to the LORD with the lyre— with the lyre and the sound of music.
Let’s hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, because the one who made the promises is reliable.
But those who did welcome him, those who believed in his name, he authorized to become God’s children,
born not from blood nor from human desire or passion, but born from God.
The Lord isn’t slow to keep his promise, as some think of slowness, but he is patient toward you, not wanting anyone to perish but all to change their hearts and lives.
They shine in the dark for others who do right. They are merciful, compassionate, and righteous.
Those who lend generously are good people— as are those who conduct their affairs with justice.
Yes, these sorts of people will never be shaken; the righteous will be remembered forever!
They won’t be frightened at bad news. Their hearts are steady, trusting in the LORD.
God is the one who saved and called us with a holy calling. This wasn’t based on what we have done, but it was based on his own purpose and grace that he gave us in Christ Jesus before time began.
I’m sure about this: the one who started a good work in you will stay with you to complete the job by the day of Christ Jesus.
Come, let’s sing out loud to the LORD! Let’s raise a joyful shout to the rock of our salvation!
Let’s come before him with thanks! Let’s shout songs of joy to him!
But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from everything we’ve done wrong.
We put our hope in the LORD. He is our help and our shield.
Our heart rejoices in God because we trust his holy name.
LORD, let your faithful love surround us because we wait for you.
Through his faithfulness, you are guarded by God’s power so that you can receive the salvation he is ready to reveal in the last time.
Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides the clouds! The LORD is his name. Celebrate before him!
Father of orphans and defender of widows is God in his holy habitation.
God settles the lonely in their homes; he sets prisoners free with happiness, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
This hope doesn’t put us to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
See what kind of love the Father has given to us in that we should be called God’s children, and that is what we are! Because the world didn’t recognize him, it doesn’t recognize us.
Dear friends, now we are God’s children, and it hasn’t yet appeared what we will be. We know that when he appears we will be like him because we’ll see him as he is.
I will sing of the LORD’s loyal love forever. I will proclaim your faithfulness with my own mouth from one generation to the next.
Salvation can be found in no one else. Throughout the whole world, no other name has been given among humans through which we must be saved.”
God rescued us from a terrible death, and he will rescue us. We have set our hope on him that he will rescue us again,
Therefore, my loved ones, just as you always obey me, not just when I am present but now even more while I am away, carry out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
God is the one who enables you both to want and to actually live out his good purposes.
Whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction so that we could have hope through endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures.
A child is born to us, a son is given to us, and authority will be on his shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
There will be vast authority and endless peace for David’s throne and for his kingdom, establishing and sustaining it with justice and righteousness now and forever. The zeal of the LORD of heavenly forces will do this.