שָׂחַק

And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.

Now the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.

And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.

David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,

David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the people scorned and mocked them.

You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.

If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.

He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.

The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.

Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?

A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.

The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

…but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.

The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.

There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

…in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,

Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.

I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.

…so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come.

…a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.

Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.

Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.

In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.

They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”