For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem with Jehoshaphat leading them; the Lord had given them reason to rejoice over their enemies.

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, ¹  they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived ²  to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

You assist ¹  those who delight in doing what is right, ²  who observe your commandments. ³  Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved? ⁴ 

So I will give you thanks, O Lord, before the nations! ¹  I will sing praises to you. ² 

So I will give you thanks before the nations, ¹  O Lord! I will sing praises to you! ² 

You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord! It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise.

As if with choice meat ¹  you satisfy my soul. ²  My mouth joyfully praises you, ³ 

For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done. ¹ 

Let them sing about the Lord’s deeds, ¹  for the Lord’s splendor is magnificent. ² 

Then ¹  the seventy-two ²  returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to ³  us in your name!” ⁴ 

Enjoy ¹  life with your beloved wife ²  during all the days of your fleeting ³  life that God ⁴  has given you on earth ⁵  during all your fleeting days; ⁶  for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work ⁷  on earth. ⁸ 

The meadows are clothed with sheep, and the valleys are covered with grain. They shout joyfully, yes, they sing.

For the music director; according to the gittith style; ²  by Asaph. Shout for joy to God, our source of strength! Shout out to the God of Jacob!

I desperately want to be ¹  in the courts of the Lord’s temple. ²  My heart and my entire being ³  shout for joy to the living God.

The Beloved to Her Lover: Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel ¹  acts mightily ²  among you!”

O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, ¹  what I have heard from the Lord who commands armies, the God of Israel, I have reported to you.

They ¹  lift their voices and shout joyfully; they praise ²  the majesty of the Lord in the west.

Listen, ¹  your watchmen shout; in unison they shout for joy, for they see with their very own eyes ²  the Lord’s return to Zion.