Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
Let the righteous one rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in him! Let all the upright in heart exult!
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!
The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.
But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy!
Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.
And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your male servants and your female servants, and the Levite that is within your towns, since he has no portion or inheritance with you.
For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh—
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.
More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts!
Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, old men who had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy, so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people's weeping, for the people shouted with a great shout, and the sound was heard far away.
And Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
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