Glimpses of God
Joy
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the
widow's heart to sing for joy. He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable
unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his
righteousness.
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for
joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in
thee. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at
thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. And now shall mine head be
lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his
tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the
Lord.
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure
for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye
righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. Let them shout
for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say
continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of
his servant.
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides
of the north, the city of the great King. The pastures are clothed with flocks;
the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people
righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Let thy priests be clothed with
righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. I will also clothe her priests
with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how
good is it! The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that
begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart
from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of
all my labour. For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and
knowledge, and joy. For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because
God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for
God now accepteth thy works. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the
wells of salvation.
The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall
rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even
with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the
excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the
excellency of our God. And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to
Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and
gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he
will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord;
joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto
Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness
and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord
hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. For ye shall go out with
joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth
before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I
will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. To appoint unto
them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for
mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be
called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be
glorified.
But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I
create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in
Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard
in her, nor the voice of crying.
Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; your brethren that hated
you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but
he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. Rejoice ye with
Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her,
all ye that mourn for her.
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for
I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them
rejoice from their sorrow. And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an
honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I
do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all
the prosperity that I procure unto it.
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and
the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of
hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that
shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause
to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the
fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the
house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth
and peace.
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in
heaven. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and
peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may
abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that
was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at
the right hand of the throne of God. Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom,
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and
full of glory.
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his
glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. And these
things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless
before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our
Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Joyce C. Lock