21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughing,
And your lips with [a]rejoicing.

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  1. Job 8:21 Lit. shouts of joy

21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter(A)
    and your lips with shouts of joy.(B)

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Then (A)our mouth was filled with laughter,
And our tongue with singing.
Then they said among the [a]nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”

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  1. Psalm 126:2 Gentiles

Our mouths were filled with laughter,(A)
    our tongues with songs of joy.(B)
Then it was said among the nations,
    “The Lord has done great things(C) for them.”

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And Sarah said, (A)“God has [a]made me laugh, and all who hear (B)will laugh with me.”

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  1. Genesis 21:6 Lit. made laughter for me

Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter,(A) and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”

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He who continually goes [a]forth weeping,
Bearing [b]seed for sowing,
Shall doubtless come again [c]with (A)rejoicing,
Bringing his sheaves with him.

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  1. Psalm 126:6 to and fro
  2. Psalm 126:6 Lit. a bag of seed for sowing
  3. Psalm 126:6 with shouts of joy

Those who go out weeping,(A)
    carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
    carrying sheaves with them.

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11 (A)Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous;
And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

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11 Rejoice in the Lord(A) and be glad, you righteous;
    sing, all you who are upright in heart!

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13 Therefore thus says the Lord God:

“Behold, My servants shall eat,
But you shall be hungry;
Behold, My servants shall drink,
But you shall be thirsty;
Behold, My servants shall rejoice,
But you shall be ashamed;
14 Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart,
But you shall cry for sorrow of heart,
And (A)wail for [a]grief of spirit.

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  1. Isaiah 65:14 Or a broken spirit

13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“My servants will eat,(A)
    but you will go hungry;(B)
my servants will drink,(C)
    but you will go thirsty;(D)
my servants will rejoice,(E)
    but you will be put to shame.(F)
14 My servants will sing(G)
    out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out(H)
    from anguish of heart
    and wail in brokenness of spirit.

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22 You shall laugh at destruction and famine,
And (A)you shall not be afraid of the (B)beasts of the earth.

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22 You will laugh(A) at destruction and famine,(B)
    and need not fear the wild animals.(C)

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21 (A)Blessed are you who hunger now,
For you shall be (B)filled.[a]
(C)Blessed are you who weep now,
For you shall (D)laugh.

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  1. Luke 6:21 satisfied

21 Blessed are you who hunger now,
    for you will be satisfied.(A)
Blessed are you who weep now,
    for you will laugh.(B)

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11 (A)And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord:

(B)“For He is good,
(C)For His mercy endures forever toward Israel.”

Then all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

12 But many of the priests and Levites and (D)heads of the fathers’ houses, old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this temple was laid before their eyes. Yet many shouted aloud for joy, 13 so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the sound was heard afar off.

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11 With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord:

“He is good;
    his love toward Israel endures forever.”(A)

And all the people gave a great shout(B) of praise to the Lord, because the foundation(C) of the house of the Lord was laid. 12 But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple,(D) wept(E) aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy. 13 No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy(F) from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.

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A Song of Praise for the Lord’s Faithfulness to His People

(A)A Psalm of Thanksgiving.

100 Make (B)a joyful shout to the Lord, [a]all you lands!

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  1. Psalm 100:1 Lit. all the earth

Psalm 100

A psalm. For giving grateful praise.

Shout for joy(A) to the Lord, all the earth.

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43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard (A)afar off.

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43 And on that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away.

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Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.

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Shout for joy(A) to the Lord, all the earth,
    burst into jubilant song with music;

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