11 (A)You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have put off [a]my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

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  1. Psalm 30:11 The sackcloth of my mourning

Again (A)I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt,
O virgin of Israel!
You shall again be adorned with your (B)tambourines,
And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.

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He will (A)swallow up death forever,
And the Lord God will (B)wipe away tears from all faces;
The rebuke of His people
He will take away from all the earth;
For the Lord has spoken.

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A time to (A)weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;

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(A)Let them praise His name with the dance;
Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.

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12 O our God, will You not (A)judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but (B)our eyes are upon You.”

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13 “Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
And the young men and the old, together;
For I will turn their mourning to joy,
Will comfort them,
And make them rejoice rather than sorrow.
14 I will [a]satiate the soul of the priests with abundance,
And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord.”

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  1. Jeremiah 31:14 Fill to the full

Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!

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22 “But the father said to his servants, [a]‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.

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  1. Luke 15:22 NU Quickly bring

A Joyful Return to Zion

A Song of Ascents.

126 When (A)the Lord brought back [a]the captivity of Zion,
(B)We were like those who dream.
Then (C)our mouth was filled with laughter,
And our tongue with singing.
Then they said among the [b]nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”

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  1. Psalm 126:1 Those of the captivity
  2. Psalm 126:2 Gentiles

For (A)His anger is but for a moment,
(B)His favor is for life;
Weeping may endure for a night,
But [a]joy comes in the morning.

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  1. Psalm 30:5 a shout of joy

You have put (A)gladness in my heart,
More than in the season that their grain and wine increased.

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14 Then David (A)danced[a] before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing (B)a linen ephod.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:14 whirled about

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