Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!