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 our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.”Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.Then was our mouth filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing: Then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.
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… When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion, we were like men or like those who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, the Lord has done great things for them. The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like streams in the Negev. Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him. Step number seven on the southern steps. The pilgrim would be remembering the 70 years in captivity in Babylon. and remembering that even after seven decades of being carried away from Jerusalem, the temple being destroyed, being enslaved into Nebuchadnezzar's empire, God still had a plan. He still was able to rescue and restore. He brought back his people to the city of God, back to the temple of God, back to the place of worship and back to a relationship with God. …
… Our mouth was filled with laughter and our tongue with shouts of joy. They said among the nations, the Lord has done great things for them. Well, you know what he's talking about? He's talking about the joy they had when they returned from exile to a newly restored Jerusalem. It's like a dream. It's too good to be true. It's amazing. God has restored us. Awesome. But then verse four, the psalmist yearns for something more. Restore our fortunes, Lord. I thought you just said you did restore your fortunes. Yeah, I'm talking about something else. Restore our fortunes like streams in the Negev. Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Verse five, verse six, those who grow out weeping, carrying seed to sow, shall return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them. Old Testament scholar Derek Kidner points out that in these verses, the psalmist identifies two distinct ways that God brings about spiritual renewal. Watch this. The first way that God brings spiritual renewal is in verse five. …
… Job is going through all he's going through and he still declares that God is able to fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. then Psalm 126 verse 2 says we were filled with laughter and we sang for joy and the other nations said what amazing things the Lord has done for us that is after they came out of Babylonian captivity they were so glad of what they had come through that the Bible says in Psalm 126 verse 2 that the the children of Israel were filled with laughter and they sang for joy and they laughed so much and they sang so loud and so joyfully that the other nations looked at them and said what amazing things the lord has done for them does anybody know how good god has been to you based off of how often you laugh and smile do i need to ask that again a little slower can people tell god's been good to you by your disposition by your countenance by your face does joy show up on your face is joy in your smile is it in your cheeks is it coming through your pores are you happy do you laugh do you have some sense of humor about yourself and the bible says when god has brought you out of something that you didn't think you would survive you ought to be filled with laughter and you ought to sing with joy it's good medicine and i can remember some days i'm talking …