Psalms 137:1

How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song?

1 By the waters of Babylon,
there we sat down and wept,
when we remembered Zion.

Isaiah 12:1-3

The Lord Is My Strength and My Song

1 You
The Hebrew for  you is singular in verse 1
will say bin that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
cyour anger turned away,
that you might comfort me.
2 Behold, God is my salvation;
I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for dthe Lord God
Hebrew  for Yah, the Lord
is my strength and my song,
and he has become my salvation.”
3 fWith joy you
The Hebrew for  you is plural in verses 3, 4
will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Jeremiah 31:9-13

9 hWith weeping they shall come,
iand with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them jwalk by brooks of water,
kin a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for lI am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is mmy firstborn.
10 Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
and declare it in the coastlands far away;
say, ‘He who scattered Israel will ngather him,
and will keep him oas a shepherd keeps his flock.’
11 pFor the Lord has ransomed Jacob
and has redeemed him from qhands too strong for him.
12They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
rand they shall be radiant sover the goodness of the Lord,
tover the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and over the young of the flock and the herd;
utheir life shall be like a watered garden,
vand they shall languish no more.
13 wThen shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.
xI will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

Joel 2:17

17 yBetween the zvestibule and the aaaltar
ablet the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations.
Or  reproach, that the nations should rule over them

adWhy should they say among the peoples,
Where is their God?’”

Joel 2:23

23 ae“Be glad, O children of Zion,
and afrejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given agthe early rain for your vindication;
he has poured down for you abundant rain,
ahthe early and aithe latter rain, as before.

Matthew 5:4

4Blessed are ajthose who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

John 16:20-22

20Truly, truly, I say to you, akyou will weep and lament, but althe world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but amyour sorrow will turn into joy. 21 anWhen a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 aoSo also you have sorrow now, but apI will see you again, and aqyour hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
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