Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous; exult, all you upright of heart.
Every person fears and proclaims God’s actions, they ponder his deeds.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!
Rejoice in the Lord, you just, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
The Lord is king; let the earth rejoice; let the many islands be glad.
Declare them guilty, God; make them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many sins; for they have rebelled against you.
As the smoke is dispersed, disperse them; as wax is melted by fire, so may the wicked perish before God.
Rejoice, you righteous, in the Lord; praise from the upright is fitting.
You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord, your God, with your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, as well as with the Levite within your gates, who has no hereditary portion with you.
For we are the circumcision, we who worship through the Spirit of God, who boast in Christ Jesus and do not put our confidence in flesh,
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no burden for me but is a safeguard for you. Against Legalistic Teachers.
Not only that, but we also boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. Humanity’s Sin Through Adam.
Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you become a plain. He will bring forth the first stone amid shouts of ‘Favor, favor be upon it!’”
Do good, Lord, to the good, to those who are upright of heart.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputes no guilt, in whose spirit is no deceit.
Let the malice of the wicked end. Uphold the just one, O just God, who tries hearts and minds.
And Hannah prayed: “My heart exults in the Lord, my horn is exalted by my God. I have swallowed up my enemies; I rejoice in your victory.
Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth; break into song; sing praise.