שָׂמֵחַ

For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.

All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.

Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.

The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.

And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.

And she looked and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”

That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.

…who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave?

May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

…from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.

He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.

…you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’