Psalms 33:1
Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.
BSB
ASV
Rejoice in Jehovah, O ye righteous: Praise is comely for the upright.
KJV
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 15:1 (PS 33) (379)
"Rejoice," therefore, "in the Lord, O you righteous," not when the interests of your home are flourishing, not when you are in good health of body, not when your fields are filled with all sorts of fruits, but when you have the Lord—such immeasurable Beauty, Goodness, Wisdom. Let the joy that is in him suffice for you.… For the just person, the divine and heavenly joy is lasting, since the Holy Spirit dwells in him once and for all. "But the firstfruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace." Therefore, "rejoice in the Lord, O you just."
The amount of the matter is, that the principal exercise in which it becomes the righteous to be employed is to publish among men the righteousness, goodness, and power of God, the knowledge of which is implanted in their minds.
Rejoice in the Lord. Joy is the soul of praise. To delight ourselves in God is most truly to extol him, even if we let no notes of song proceed from our lips. That God is, and that he is such a God, and our God, ours for ever and ever, should wake within us an unceasing and overflowing joy. To rejoice in temporal comforts is dangerous, to rejoice in self is foolish, to rejoice in sin is fatal, but to rejoice in God is heavenly.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
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Rejoice at all times.
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
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Psalms 97:12Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.
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Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Sing to the LORD, O you His saints, and praise His holy name.
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.