4 Because you have a relationship with the Lord, always rejoice! I’m saying it again, rejoice!

4 Because you have a relationship with the Lord, always rejoice! I’m saying it again, rejoice!

11 You will show me the road that leads to receiving eternal life,

and you will make me joyful when I am with you.

I will have pleasure forever when I am ◄at your right hand/seated next to you►.

11 You will show me the road that leads to receiving eternal life,

and you will make me joyful when I am with you.

I will have pleasure forever when I am ◄at your right hand/seated next to you►.

8 I know that Yahweh is always with me.

He is beside me;

so nothing will ◄perturb me/cause me to be worried►.

9 Therefore I am glad and I [MTY, DOU] rejoice;

I can rest securely

11 But cause that all those who go to you to be protected will rejoice;

cause them to sing joyfully to you forever.

Protect those who love you [MTY];

they are truly happy because ◄of what you do for them/they belong to you►.

7 You are like a place where I can hide from my enemies [MET],

you protect me from troubles,

and you ◄enable me/put people around me who will enable me► to shout, praising you for saving me from my enemies.

(Think about that!)

1 You people all over the world, clap your hands for joy!

Shout joyfully to praise God!

4 Yahweh is pleased with his people;

he honors humble people by helping them to defeat their enemies.

22 But God’s Spirit causes us to do these things: We love others. We are joyful. We are peaceful. We are patient. We are kind. We are good. We are ones whom others can trust. 23 We are gentle. We control our behavior. There is no law that says people should not think and act in such ways.

10 Then I said to them, "Now go home and enjoy some good food and drink some sweet wine. And send some of it to people who do not have anything to eat or drink. This is a day that Yahweh considers sacred. Do not be sad! Yahweh will cause you to be joyful and make you strong."

10 Then I said to them, "Now go home and enjoy some good food and drink some sweet wine. And send some of it to people who do not have anything to eat or drink. This is a day that Yahweh considers sacred. Do not be sad! Yahweh will cause you to be joyful and make you strong."

24 This is the day in which we remember that Yahweh acted powerfully to defeat our enemies;

we will rejoice and be glad/happy today.

14 I like to obey ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►;

I enjoy that more than being very rich.

111 ◄Your requirements/What you have instructed us to do► are my possession forever;

because of them [PRS], I am joyful.

1 ◄Happy are/Yahweh is pleased with► those of you who revere him

and do what he wants you to do [IDM].

2 You will be able to earn the money that you [MTY] need to buy food;

you will be happy and you will be prosperous.

5 We cried when we planted seeds because it was hard work preparing the soil that had not been plowed for many years;

now we want to shout joyfully because we are gathering a big harvest.

5 When he becomes angry, he is angry for only a very short time [HYP],

but he is good to us all of our life.

We may cry during the night,

but the next morning we will be joyful.

5 When he becomes angry, he is angry for only a very short time [HYP],

but he is good to us all of our life.

We may cry during the night,

but the next morning we will be joyful.

2 My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, even when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles. 3 God sometimes allows you to experience difficulties in order to test whether or not you will continue to trust him. Whenever that happens, you need to realize more and more that if you continue to trust him, you will be able to bravely/patiently endure difficulties.

17 Therefore,

even if there are no blossoms on the fig trees,

and there are no grapes on the grapevines,

and even if there are no olives growing on the olive trees,

and there are no crops in the fields,

and even if the flocks of sheep and goats die in the fields,

and there are no cattle in the stalls/barns,

18 I will rejoice because I know Yahweh.

I will be joyful because Yahweh my God is the one who saves me!

10 For that reason, whenever I am weak, or when people insult me, or when I have to endure hardships, or when I am persecuted {people cause me to suffer}, or when I am in situations that distress me, I am content because I am serving Christ. I can say that because at any time when I myself am weak, that is the very time when Christ powerfully helps me.

8 You love Jesus, although you have not seen him. Although you do not see him now, you rejoice very much [DOU] 9 because you are experiencing the result of your believing in him; that is, God is saving you [SYN] from the guilt of your sins.

8 You love Jesus, although you have not seen him. Although you do not see him now, you rejoice very much [DOU] 9 because you are experiencing the result of your believing in him; that is, God is saving you [SYN] from the guilt of your sins.

12 Rejoice because you are confidently awaiting what God will do for you! When you suffer, be patient! Keep praying and never give up!

15 If someone is joyful, you should rejoice also! If someone is sad, you should also be sad!

17 Letting God rule our lives [MET] does not mean that we must obey regulations about eating or drinking something! Instead, it means we must live righteously, act peacefully towards others, and be joyful by the power of the Holy Spirit.

17 Letting God rule our lives [MET] does not mean that we must obey regulations about eating or drinking something! Instead, it means we must live righteously, act peacefully towards others, and be joyful by the power of the Holy Spirit.

13 God is the one who causes you to confidently expect him to do what he has promised. I pray/ask that he will cause you to be completely joyful and peaceful as you trust in him. As you do that, the Holy Spirit will enable you to more and more confidently expect to receive what God has promised you.

32 Pray these things in order that I may go/come to you if God wants me to go/come, and that I may go/come joyfully, and that then God will refresh my spirit as a result of my visiting/being with you.

7 Each of you should decide how much you (sg) should give, and then give that amount. You (sg) should not be thinking to yourself, "I really do not want to give this money." And you(sg) should not give just because someone tells you to give. Instead, you should give willingly and cheerfully, because God loves those who give cheerfully.

6 Well, we truly do gain great benefit when we conduct our lives ◄in a godly manner/in a manner that pleases God► and we are content with what we have.

17 Tell the believers who are rich here in this present world that they should not be proud, and that they should not trust in their many possessions, because they cannot be certain how long they will have them. Teach them that instead of trusting in their wealth, they should trust in God. He is the one who generously gives us everything we have in order that we may enjoy it.

11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I am joyful, and that you may be completely joyful.

11 I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I am joyful, and that you may be completely joyful.

22 It will be the same with you. I will soon die and you will be sad. But after that, I will see you again. Then you will be joyful, and no one will be able to stop you from being joyful.

24 Up to the present time, using my authority you have not asked God to do anything for you [MTY]. Now keep asking him for things that you need. If you do that, you will receive them, and then you will be completely joyful.

2 And let us keep our minds on Jesus, as a runner keeps his eyes on the goal [MET]. Jesus is the one we should imitate in the way he perfectly trusted God. When he died on the cross he endured it as he suffered greatly [MTY], instead of thinking about the things he would rejoice about later. He disregarded being disgraced by dying that way. He is now sitting at the place of highest honor [MTY] at the throne where God rules.

6 It is possible for people to please God only if they trust God, because anyone who wants to come to God must first believe that God exists and that he rewards those who seek to know him.

3 Yahweh, you will cause us people in Israel to rejoice;

we will become very happy.

We will rejoice about what you have done

like [SIM] people rejoice when they harvest their crops,

or like soldiers rejoice

when they divide up among themselves the things that they have captured in a battle.

6 You people of Jerusalem, shout joyfully to praise Yahweh,

because he is the great Holy One whom we Israeli people worship,

and he lives among us!"

10 Those whom Yahweh has freed will return to Jerusalem;

they will sing as they enter the city;

they will be extremely joyful [MET, PRS] forever.

No longer will they be sad or mourn;

they will be completely joyful [DOU].

10 I greatly rejoice because of what Yahweh has done!

I am happy,

because he has saved me and declared that I am righteous;

those blessings are like [MET] a robe that he has put on me.

I am as happy as [SIM] a bridegroom in his wedding suit,

or a bride wearing jewels.

10 I greatly rejoice because of what Yahweh has done!

I am happy,

because he has saved me and declared that I am righteous;

those blessings are like [MET] a robe that he has put on me.

I am as happy as [SIM] a bridegroom in his wedding suit,

or a bride wearing jewels.

17 because Yahweh your God is living among you.

He is mighty, and he will rescue/save you.

He will be very happy with you;

because he loves you, he will cause you to not be afraid;

he will sing loudly to rejoice over you."

7 So I say, be joyful [DOU] while you eat your food and drink your wine, because that is what God wants you to do.

12 Cause/Allow me to be happy again because of knowing that you have freed me from the guilt of my sin,

and make me willing to obey you.

6 You will bless me/him forever,

and you have caused me/him to be joyful in your presence.

19 Whenever I am very worried,

you comfort/encourage me and cause me to be happy.

7 Yahweh makes me strong and protects me like a shield [MET];

I trusted in him, and he helped me.

I was glad,

and from my inner being I praised him as I sang to him.

28 Righteous people confidently expect that good things will happen to them, and that causes them to be happy/joyful;

but when wicked people confidently expect something good to happen, it does not happen.

23 People rejoice when they are able to reply well to what others have asked them;

truly, it is very delightful to be able to say the right thing at the right time.

23 People rejoice when they are able to reply well to what others have asked them;

truly, it is very delightful to be able to say the right thing at the right time.

24 Righteous children will cause their parents to be very happy;

those whose children are wise are proud of them.

16 Be joyful ◄at all times/always►, 17 pray continually, 18 and thank God ◄in all circumstances/regardless of what happens►. God wants you to behave like that because of what Christ Jesus has done for you (OR, because you have a close relationship with Christ Jesus).

7 I tell you (pl) that similarly God will be very happy about each and every sinner who turns from doing evil. God is not happy about 99 people who think that they are [IRO] righteous and think that they do not need to turn from doing evil.

44 "What people do who begin to allow God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives is like what a certain man did to acquire a treasure. A treasure was hidden in a field by someone {Someone hid a treasure in a field and never dug it up again}. When another man found it, he hid it by burying it again in order that no one else would find it. Being very happy that he had found something very valuable, he went and sold all his possessions to obtain money to buy the field the treasure was in. He then went and bought the field, and so he was able to acquire that treasure.