150 Bible Verses about the Joy of Salvation

Behold, God is my savior, I will act faithfully, and I will not be afraid. For the Lord is my strength and my praise, and he has become my salvation."

You will draw water with gladness from the fountains of the Savior.

For though you have not seen him, you love him. In him also, though you do not see him, you now believe. And in believing, you shall exult with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

returning with the goal of your faith, the salvation of souls.

They will be inebriated with the fruitfulness of your house, and you will give them to drink from the torrent of your enjoyment.

So may the God of hope fill you with every joy and with peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope and in the virtue of the Holy Spirit.

I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, and my soul will exult in my God. For he has clothed me with the vestments of salvation, and he has wrapped me in the clothing of justice, like a groom arrayed with a crown, and like a bride adorned with her jewels.

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I say, rejoice.

Therefore, having been justified by faith, let us be at peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

For if we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, while we were still enemies, all the more so, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

And not only that, but we also glory in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into this world, and through sin, death; so also death was transferred to all men, to all who have sinned.

For even before the law, sin was in the world, but sin was not imputed while the law did not exist.

Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses, even in those who have not sinned, in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a figure of him who was to come.

But the gift is not entirely like the offense. For though by the offense of one, many died, yet much more so, by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, has the grace and gift of God abounded to many.

And the sin through one is not entirely like the gift. For certainly, the judgment of one was unto condemnation, but the grace toward many offenses is unto justification.

For though, by the one offense, death reigned through one, yet so much more so shall those who receive an abundance of grace, both of the gift and of justice, reign in life through the one Jesus Christ.

Therefore, just as through the offense of one, all men fell under condemnation, so also through the justice of one, all men fall under justification unto life.

For, just as through the disobedience of one man, many were established as sinners, so also through the obedience of one man, many shall be established as just.

For through him we also have access by faith to this grace, in which we stand firm, and to glory, in the hope of the glory of the sons of God.

Unto the end. For the tasks of early morning. A Psalm of David.

These things I have spoken to you, so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be fulfilled.

But I will rejoice in the Lord; and I will exult in God my Jesus.

Yet truly, do not choose to rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.

And they will say in that day: "Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us. This is the Lord! We have endured for him. We will exult and rejoice in his salvation."

I have been delighted in the way of your testimonies, as if in all riches.

Your eloquence has been greatly enflamed, and your servant has loved it.

I am young and treated with contempt. But I have not forgotten your justifications.

Your justice is justice for all eternity, and your law is truth.

Tribulation and anguish have found me. Your commandments are my meditation.

Your testimonies are fairness unto eternity. Give me understanding, and I will live.

COPH. I cried out with my whole heart. Heed me, O Lord. I will ask for your justifications.

I cried out to you. Save me, so that I may keep your commandments.

I arrived first in maturity, and so I cried out. For in your words, I have hoped beyond hope.

My eyes preceded the dawn for you, so that I might meditate on your eloquence.

Hear my voice according to your mercy, O Lord. And revive me according to your judgment.

I will be trained in your commandments, and I will consider your ways.

Their feet are swift to shed blood. Grief and unhappiness are in their ways; and the way of peace, they have not known.

Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Announce his salvation, from day to day.

Describe his glory among the Gentiles, his miracles among all the peoples.

Give praise, O heavens! For the Lord has shown mercy. Shout with joy, O ends of the earth! Let the mountains resound with praise, with the forest and all its trees. For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and Israel will be glorified.

For the wages of sin is death. But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Rejoice always.

Pray without ceasing.

Give thanks in everything. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for all of you.

It is in vain that you rise before daylight, that you rise up after you have sat down, you who chew the bread of sorrow. Whereas, to his beloved, he will give sleep.

Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.

But the counsel of the Lord remains for eternity, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance,

Concerning other things, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is certainly not tiresome for me to write the same things to you, but for you, it is not necessary.

Until now, you have not requested anything in my name. Ask, and you shall receive, so that your joy may be full.

And he said to them: "Go, eat fat foods and drink sweet drinks, and send portions to those who have not prepared for themselves. For it is the holy day of the Lord. And do not be sad. For the joy of the Lord is also our strength."

And so, you became imitators of us and of the Lord, accepting the Word in the midst of great tribulation, but with the joy of the Holy Spirit.

Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the sinner, and from the hand of the unjust and those who act against the law.

The disciples were likewise filled with gladness and with the Holy Spirit.

And the redeemed of the Lord will be converted, and they will return to Zion with praising. And everlasting joy will be upon their heads. They will obtain gladness and rejoicing. For pain and sorrow will flee away.

And I will have understanding within the immaculate way, when you will draw near to me. I wandered about in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

For my life has fallen into sorrow, and my years into sighing. My virtue has been weakened in poverty, and my bones have been disturbed.

I have become a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more so to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances. Those who catch sight of me, flee away from me.

And not only that, but we also glory in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Let Israel rejoice in him who made them, and let the sons of Zion exult in their king.

But what does it matter? As long as, by every means, whether under pretext or in truthfulness, Christ is announced. And about this, I rejoice, and moreover, I will continue to rejoice.

You have made known to me the ways of life. You will completely fill me with happiness by your presence.'

Confession and magnificence are before him. Strength and gladness are in his place.

I say to you, that there will be so much more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting, than over the ninety-nine just, who do not need to repent.

To David, when he changed his appearance in the sight of Abimelech, and so he dismissed him, and he went away.

You have visited the earth, and you have saturated it. You have enriched it in so many ways. The river of God has been filled with water. You have prepared their food. For thus is its preparation.

in hope, rejoicing; in tribulation, enduring; in prayer, ever-willing;

Their throat is an open sepulcher. They have acted deceitfully with their tongues. Judge them, O God. Let them fall by their own intentions: according to the multitude of their impiety, expel them. For they have provoked you, O Lord.

Give praise, O heavens! And exult, O earth! Let the mountains give praise with jubilation! For the Lord has consoled his people, and he will take pity on his poor ones.

be glad and exult, for your reward in heaven is plentiful. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

I have become stuck in a deep quagmire, and there is no firm footing. I have arrived at the height of the sea, and a tempest has overwhelmed me.

The Lord your God is the strength in your midst; he will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness. In his love, he will be silent. He will exult over you with praise.

They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earth.

And my spirit leaps for joy in God my Saviour.

Thanks be to God for his ineffable gift.

The voice of the Lord cuts through the flame of fire.

Then the virgin will rejoice with singing, the young and the old together, and I will turn their mourning into gladness, and I will console them and gladden them after their sorrow.

And so, my most beloved and most desired brothers, my joy and my crown: stand firm in this way, in the Lord, most beloved.

You will lead me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me. For you are my protector.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger and the preacher of peace! Announcing good and preaching peace, they are saying to Zion, "Your God will reign!"

It is the voice of your watchmen. They have lifted up their voice. They will praise together. For they will see eye to eye, when the Lord converts Zion.

Be glad and rejoice together, O deserts of Jerusalem! For the Lord has consoled his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem.

"My heart exults in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies. For I have rejoiced in your salvation.

Peace I leave for you; my Peace I give to you. Not in the way that the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, and let it not fear.

My throne is prepared from of old. You are from everlasting.

As to the rest, brothers, rejoice, be perfect, be encouraged, have the same mind, have peace. And so the God of peace and love will be with you.

The light of your countenance, Lord, has been sealed upon us. You have given joy to my heart.

And many of the paralytics and the lame were cured.

Blessed is the man who has filled his desire from these things. He will not be confounded when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh.

The just will see and be afraid, and they will laugh over him, and say:

Come to me, all you who labor and have been burdened, and I will refresh you.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.

"Are you he who is to come, or should we expect another?"

For my yoke is sweet and my burden is light."

There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face of my sins.

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.

Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number.

Let us gaze upon Jesus, as the Author and the completion of our faith, who, having joy laid out before him, endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and who now sits at the right hand of the throne of God.

Truth has risen from the earth, and justice has gazed down from heaven.

to take up the mourners of Zion and to give them a crown in place of ashes, an oil of joy in place of mourning, a cloak of praise in place of a spirit of grief. And there, they shall be called the strong ones of justice, the planting of the Lord, unto glorification.

Attend to my soul, and free it. Rescue me, because of my enemies.

Save me, O God, for the waters have entered, even to my soul.

You know my reproach, and my confusion, and my reverence.

For the Son of man has come to seek and to save what had been lost."

For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.

And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.

For those who are malicious will be exterminated. But those who remain with the Lord, these will inherit the land.

This we have as an anchor of the soul, safe and sound, which advances even to the interior of the veil,

For I am certain that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor Principalities, nor Powers, nor the present things, nor the future things, nor strength,

nor the heights, nor the depths, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The thief does not come, except so that he may steal and slaughter and destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.

And this is the testimony which God has given to us: Eternal Life. And this Life is in his Son.

Whoever has the Son, has Life. Whoever does not have the Son, does not have Life.

So if anyone is a new creature in Christ, what is old has passed away. Behold, all things have been made new.

The old error has gone away. You will serve peace: peace, for we have hoped in you.

You have trusted in the Lord for all eternity, in the Lord God almighty forever.

May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries.

Therefore, if the Son has set you free, then you will truly be free.

For this reason, accept one another, just as Christ also has accepted you, in the honor of God.

Above them, the flying things of the air will dwell. From the midst of the rocks, they will utter voices.

I live; yet now, it is not I, but truly Christ, who lives in me. And though I live now in the flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and who delivered himself for me.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the desert of Idumea.

Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. They will enter into the lower parts of the earth.

They will be delivered into the hand of the sword. They will be the portions of foxes.

Truly, the king will rejoice in God: all those who swear by him will be praised, because the mouth of those who speak iniquity has been blocked.

O God, my God: to you, I keep vigil until first light. For you, my soul has thirsted, to you my body, in so many ways.

And you will say in that day: "Confess the Lord, and invoke his name! Make his plans known among the peoples! Remember that his name is exalted!

Sing to the Lord, for he has acted magnificently! Announce it to the whole world!

And let the peace of Christ lift up your hearts. For in this peace, you have been called, as one body. And be thankful.

And so, brothers, have faith in the entrance into the Holy of Holies by the blood of Christ,

Otherwise, they would have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, once cleansed, would no longer be conscious of any sin.

and in the new and living Way, which he has initiated for us by the veil, that is, by his flesh,

Of David himself. O Lord, judge those who harm me; assail those who attack me.

All my bones will say, "Lord, who is like you?" He rescues the needy from the hand of the stronger one, the indigent and the poor from those who plunder him.

Unfair witnesses have risen up, interrogating me about things of which I am ignorant.

They repaid me evil for good, to the deprivation of my soul.

But as for me, when they were harassing me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer will become my sinews.

Like a neighbor, and like our brother, so did I please; like one mourning and contrite, so was I humbled.

And they have been joyful against me, and they joined together. Scourges have been gathered over me, and I was ignorant of it.

They have been scattered, yet they were unremorseful. They have tested me. They scoffed at me with scorn. They gnashed their teeth over me.

Lord, when will you look down upon me? Restore my soul from before their malice, my only one from before the lions.

I will confess to you in a great Church. I will praise you among a weighty people.

May those who are my unjust adversaries not be glad over me: those who have hated me without cause, and who nod agreement with their eyes.

Take hold of weapons and a shield, and rise up in assistance to me.

For indeed, they spoke peacefully to me; and speaking with passion to the earth, they intended deceit.

And they opened their mouth wide over me. They said, "Well, well, our eyes have seen."

You have seen, O Lord, do not be silent. Lord, do not depart from me.

Rise up and be attentive to my judgment, to my cause, my God and my Lord.

Judge me according to your justice, O Lord, my God, and do not let them be glad over me.

Do not let them say in their hearts, "Well, well, to our soul." Neither let them say, "We have devoured him."

Let them blush and be in awe together, those who congratulate at my misfortunes. Let them be clothed with confusion and awe, who speak great things against me.

Let them exult and rejoice, who wish my justice, and let them ever say, "The Lord be magnified," who will the peace of his servant.

And so my tongue will express your justice: your praise all day long.

Bring forth the spear, and close in on those who persecute me. Say to my soul, "I am your salvation."

All ends of the earth, be converted to me, and you will be saved. For I am God, and there is no other.

And when he had brought them into his own house, he set a table for them. And he was joyous, with his entire household, believing in God.

For though, by the one offense, death reigned through one, yet so much more so shall those who receive an abundance of grace, both of the gift and of justice, reign in life through the one Jesus Christ.

Let the snare, of which he is ignorant, come upon him, and let the deception, which he has hidden, take hold of him: and may he fall into that very snare.

Amen, amen, I say to you, that whoever hears my word, and believes in him who sent me, has eternal life, and he does not go into judgment, but instead he crosses from death into life.

For the Spirit himself renders testimony to our spirit that we are the sons of God.

But if we are sons, then we are also heirs: certainly heirs of God, but also co-heirs with Christ, yet in such a way that, if we suffer with him, we shall also be glorified with him.

A Canticle Psalm. On the day of the Sabbath.

For behold your enemies, O Lord, for behold your enemies will perish, and all those who work iniquity will be dispersed.

And my horn will be exalted like that of the single-horned beast, and my old age will be exalted in fruitful mercy.

And my eye has looked down upon my enemies, and my ear will hear of the malignant rising up against me.

The just one will flourish like the palm tree. He will be multiplied like the cedar of Lebanon.

Those planted in the house of the Lord will flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

They will still be multiplied in a fruitful old age, and they will endure well,

so that they may announce that the Lord our God is righteous and that there is no iniquity in him.

It is good to confess to the Lord and to sing psalms to your name, O Most High:

And this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

But thanks be to God, who has given us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day.

For though our tribulation is, at the present time, brief and light, it accomplishes in us the weight of a sublime eternal glory, beyond measure.

And we are contemplating, not the things that are seen, but the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are temporal, whereas the things that are not seen are eternal.

And for this reason, he is able, continuously, to save those who approach God through him, since he is ever alive to make intercession on our behalf.

In this way, we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he has given to us from his Spirit.

In him, you also, after you heard and believed the Word of truth, which is the Gospel of your salvation, were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the Promise.

He is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the acquisition of redemption, to the praise of his glory.

For you will go forth rejoicing, and you will be led forward in peace. The mountains and the hills will sing praise before you, and all the trees of the countryside will clap their hands.

Clouds and mist are all around him. Justice and judgment are corrections from his throne.

A fire will precede him, and it will enflame his enemies all around.

And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.

O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you, and I will confess your name. For you have accomplished miracles. Your plan, from antiquity, is faithful. Amen.

Behold, O Lord, you have known all things: the newest and the very old. You have formed me, and you have placed your hand over me.

And now thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid. For I have redeemed you, and I have called you by your name. You are mine.

You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and you are my servant, whom I have chosen, so that you may know, and may believe in me, and so that you may understand that I am the same. Before me, there was no god formed, and after me there will be none.

I am. I am the Lord. And there is no savior apart from me.

I have announced, and I have saved. I have caused it to be heard. And there was no stranger among you. You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and I am God.

And from the beginning, I am the same. And there is no one who can rescue from my hand. I act, and who can turn it aside?

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake, I sent to Babylon, and tore down all their bars, with the Chaldeans who glory in their ships.

I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.

Thus says the Lord, who gave you a way through the sea and a path through the torrent of waters,

who led out the chariot and the horse, the column of robust troops. They went to sleep together, and they will not arise. They have been crushed like flax, and they have been extinguished.

You need not call to mind the past, nor consider the things of antiquity.

Behold, I am accomplishing new things. And presently, they will spring forth. With certainty, you will know them. I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in an impassible place.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not cover you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not scorch you.

The wild beasts of the field will glorify me, with the serpents and the ostriches. For I have brought waters to the desert, rivers to inaccessible places, in order to give drink to my people, to my elect.

This is the people whom I have formed for myself. They will speak my praise.

But you have not called upon me, O Jacob, nor have you struggled for me, O Israel.

You have not offered me the ram of your holocaust, and you have not glorified me with your victims. I have not burdened you with oblations, nor have I wearied you with incense.

You have bought me no sweet cane with money, and you have not inebriated me with the fat of your victims. Yet truly, you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities.

I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.

Call me to mind, and let us go to judgment together. If you have anything to justify yourself, explain it.

Your first father sinned, and your interpreters have betrayed me.

And so, I have defiled the holy leaders. I have handed over Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to calumny.

For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. I have presented Egypt as your atonement, Ethiopia and Seba on your behalf.

And the Angel said to them: "Do not be afraid. For, behold, I proclaim to you a great joy, which will be for all the people.

For today a Saviour has been born for you in the city of David: he is Christ the Lord.

For I consider that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with that future glory which shall be revealed in us.

He who has called you is faithful. He shall act even now.

And the honor of the king loves judgment. You have prepared guidance. You have accomplished judgment and justice in Jacob.

Exalt the Lord our God, and adore the footstool of his feet, for it is holy.

Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope, without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.

For all those who have called upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.

These are born, not of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

You have understood my thoughts from afar. My path and my fate, you have investigated.

The Lord is not delaying his promise, as some imagine, but he does act patiently for your sake, not wanting anyone to perish, but wanting all to be turned back to penance.

The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory is high above the heavens.

Who is like the Lord, our God, who dwells on high,

and who gazes upon the humble things in heaven and on earth?

He lifts up the needy from the ground, and he urges the poor away from filth,

who has freed us and has called us to his holy vocation, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the ages of time.

I am confident of this very thing: that he who has begun this good work in you will perfect it, unto the day of Christ Jesus.

For sin should not have dominion over you. For you are not under the law, but under grace.

A Canticle of David himself, when the house was built after the captivity. Sing to the Lord a new song. Sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Say among the Gentiles: The Lord has reigned. For he has even corrected the whole world, which will not be shaken. He will judge the peoples with fairness.

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth exult; let the sea and all its fullness be moved.

The fields and all the things that are in them will be glad. Then all the trees of the forest will rejoice

before the face of the Lord: for he arrives. For he arrives to judge the earth. He will judge the whole world with fairness and the peoples with his truth.

Sing to the Lord and bless his name. Announce his salvation from day to day.

If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.

Many are the afflictions of the just, but from them all the Lord will free them.

The Lord preserves all of their bones, not one of them shall be broken.

The death of a sinner is very harmful, and those who hate the just will fare badly.

By the power of God, you are guarded through faith for a salvation which is ready to be revealed in the end time.

I have endured hardships, while crying out. My jaws have become hoarse; my eyes have failed. Meanwhile, I hope in my God.

Those who hate me without cause have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. My enemies, who persecuted me unjustly, have been strengthened. Then I was required to pay for what I did not take.

O God, you know my foolishness, and my offenses have not been hidden from you.

but hope is not unfounded, because the love of God is poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we would be called, and would become, the sons of God. Because of this, the world does not know us, for it did not know him.

In this way, the sons of God are made manifest, and also the sons of the devil. Everyone who is not just, is not of God, as also anyone who does not love his brother.

For this is the announcement that you heard from the beginning: that you should love one another.

Do not be like Cain, who was of the evil one, and who killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked, but his brother's works were just.

If the world hates you, brothers, do not be surprised.

We know that we have passed from death to life. For we love as brothers. Whoever does not love, abides in death.

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding within him.

We know the love of God in this way: because he laid down his life for us. And so, we must lay down our lives for our brothers.

Whoever possesses the goods of this world, and sees his brother to be in need, and yet closes his heart to him: in what way does the love of God abide in him?

My little sons, let us not love in words only, but in works and in truth.

In this way, we will know that we are of the truth, and we will commend our hearts in his sight.

Most beloved, we are now the sons of God. But what we shall be then has not yet appeared. We know that when he does appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our refuge from generation to generation.

And there is no salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, by which it is necessary for us to be saved."

But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, at the proper time,

He has rescued us, and he is rescuing us, from great peril. In him, we hope that he will continue to rescue us.

Blessed are those who keep judgment and who do justice at all times.

And so, my most beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but even more so now in my absence: work toward your salvation with fear and trembling.

For it is God who works in you, both so as to choose, and so as to act, in accord with his good will.

For whatever was written, was written to teach us, so that, through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

For unto us a child is born, and unto us a son is given. And leadership is placed upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called: wonderful Counselor, mighty God, father of the future age, Prince of Peace.

His reign will be increased, and there will be no end to his peace. He will sit upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to confirm and strengthen it, in judgment and justice, from now even unto eternity. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall accomplish this.