Isaiah 60:15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken Seemingly forsaken of God; thought to be so by herself, which was matter of complaint; and by her enemies...
Psalms 119:162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.] At having it, which is a distinguishing blessing; all are not favoured with it...
JOY joi (simchah; chara): 1. Terms: The idea of joy is expressed in the Old Testament by a wealth of synonymous terms that cannot easily be differen...
Psalms 4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart The Ethiopic version reads it into our heart; in granting the above request; for, nothing so rejoices th...
Isaiah 62:5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee As a young man, having married a virgin, possesses and enjoys her, and ...
Psalms 21:1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord Either in that strength which is in Jehovah himself, in whom is everlasting strength; and which...
James 1:2 My brethren Not only according to the flesh, he being a Jew as they were; but in a spiritual sense, they being born again of the same grace,...
Psalms 21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever Not as God, for as such he is over all blessed for ever, and not made so; but as man and Medi...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 8. Make me to hear joy and gladness. He prays about his sorrow late in the Psalm; he began at once with his sin; he asks to hear pard...
Jude 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling The people of God are liable to falling into temptation, into sin, into errors and mistak...
Overview - 1?Peter 4 1?He exhorts them to cease from sin by the example of Christ, and the consideration of the general end that now approaches; 12?an...
SERMON CXXXI. PREACHED AT ST. DUNSTAN'S. 1 Thessalonians v. 16. Rejoice evermore. We read in the natural story, of some floating islands, that ...
Jeremiah 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them, &e.] The messages he was called to deliver unto others appeared to him to be of God, and they...
Chapter?43This psalm, it is likely, was penned upon the same occasion with the former, and, having no title, may be looked upon as an appendix to it; ...
Psalms 55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me Fear and dread of mind, and trembling of body; and horror hath overwhelmed me; or covered me; ...
Chapter 4343:1 Judge a me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly b nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. (a) He desires God t...
Matthew 26:38 Then saith he unto them The three disciples, Peter, James, and John, who, by his looks and gestures, might know somewhat of the inward d...
Isaiah 52:9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem This is what the watchmen shall say when they lift up their voice; this ...
1 Peter 4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings Not of his personal sufferings; though they were partakers of the benefi...
Psalms 119:24 Thy testimonies also [are] my delight Or delights F24; exceeding delightful to me. The whole of Scripture is so to a good man; he deligh...