You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

你已将我的哀哭变为跳舞，将我的麻衣脱去，给我披上喜乐，

你将我的哀哭变为跳舞，脱去我的麻衣，为我披上喜乐，

你将我的哀哭变为跳舞，脱去我的麻衣，为我披上喜乐，

你把我的哀哭变成了舞步，为我脱下悲伤的麻衣，披上喜乐的外袍，

你已经把我的悲哀变为舞蹈，把我的麻衣脱去，又给我穿上欢乐；

你已将我的哀哭变为跳舞，你已脱去我的麻衣，为我披上喜乐，

你已將我的哀哭變為跳舞，將我的麻衣脫去，給我披上喜樂，

你將我的哀哭變為跳舞，脫去我的麻衣，為我披上喜樂，

你將我的哀哭變為跳舞，脫去我的麻衣，為我披上喜樂，

你把我的哀哭變成了舞步，為我脫下悲傷的麻衣，披上喜樂的外袍，

你已經把我的悲哀變為舞蹈，把我的麻衣脫去，又給我穿上歡樂；

你已將我的舉哀變為舞蹈，將我的麻衣脫下，又將喜樂給我束腰，

你已將我的哀哭變為跳舞，你已脫去我的麻衣，為我披上喜樂，

爾乃以我哀哭、變為舞蹈、脫我麻衣、被以喜樂兮、

蒙爾之祐、變哀哭而踴躍、易齊衰而吉服兮、

主即將我之哀哭、變為踴躍、使我解脫麻衣、衣被喜樂、

求主垂憐。加以神助。

You turned my loud crying into dancing. You removed my clothes of sadness and dressed me with joy.

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,

You turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have untied my sackcloth and encircled me with joy,

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

You turned my lament into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,

I will build you up again, and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your timbrels and go out to dance with the joyful.

a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were 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.”

praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe,

Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might,

Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.

he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The Lord has spoken.

Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my bounty,” declares the Lord.

For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

‘ He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

Fill my heart with joy when their grain and new wine abound.

“ But the father said to his servants,‘ Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

“ Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her.For you will nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you will drink deeply and delight in her overflowing abundance.”

Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”

I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah.

Then, led by Jehoshaphat, all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the Lord had given them cause to rejoice over their enemies.They entered Jerusalem and went to the temple of the Lord with harps and lyres and trumpets.

and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.

Therefore strong peoples will honor you; cities of ruthless nations will revere you.

All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted.“ No,” he said,“ I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.” So his father wept for him.

‘ If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’

Nehemiah said,“ Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

And Israel said,“ I’m convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

as the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration. He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

I answered,“ Sir, you know.” And he said,“ These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.Therefore,“ they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.‘ Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them,’ nor any scorching heat.For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd;‘ he will lead them to springs of living water.’‘ And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”