Favourite verses / quotes from the Bible

philologos

Thought I'd start a thread on this, I think people will be interested in posting up their favourite verses from the Bible etc. Bear in mind that this is a thread for Bible appreciation.

I really like the account of the Lord speaking to Samuel in the Old Testament.

1 Samuel 3 : 8 - 10 wrote:

The Lord called Samuel a third time; he got up went to Eli, and said "You called me and here I am".
Then Eli realised it was the Lord who was calling the boy, so he said to him "Go back to bed; and if he calls you again say, "speak Lord your servant is listening". So Samuel went back to bed.
The Lord came and stood there and called as he had before "Samuel, Samuel". Samuel answered, "Speak; your servant is listening".
(Good News Bible)

Red Alert

I like the phrase "there will be weeping and grinding of teeth"

Puck

I think you might mean "gnashing" not "grinding".

BrianCalgary

Romans 8:29
For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers

This is the purpose of life, to be transformed into the likeness of Christ. If I start feeling too big for my britches I am reminded that I am not there yet and I get humbled.

If I start to feel low, I get comfort that God has me as a work in progress.

philologos

1 Samuel 16 : 7 wrote:

But the Lord said to him, "Pay no attention to how tall and handsome he is. I have rejected him, because I do not judge as people judge. They look at the outward appearance, but I look at the heart." (Good News Bible)

I'm liking this quote as well

Excelsior

Well I always liked how the KJV rendered Isaiah 3:4b "and babes shall rule over them"...

My favourite verse is Galatians 5:6, (TNIV) "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love."

philologos

1 Kings 3: 22 - 27 wrote:

But the other woman said, "No the living child is mine and the dead one is yours".
The first woman answered "No! The dead child is yours, and the living one is mine!"
And so they argued before the king.
Then King Solomon said, "Each of you claims that the child is hers and the dead child belongs to the other one."
He sent for a sword, and then when it was brought, he said, "Cut the living child in two and give each woman half of it."
The real mother, her heart full of love for her son said "Please Your Majesty, don't kill the child give it to her!".
But the other woman said, "Don't give it to either of us; go ahead and cut it in two."
Then Solomon said "Don't kill the child! Give it to the first woman - she is it's real mother."
(Good News Bible)

May the Lord give us all such wisdom as the wisdom he gave to Solomon.

UU

This is one of my favourite passages. Impermanence is central to Jesus's teachings:

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:19-21

The cyclical nature of the universe is closely linked with the impermanence of all things and situations. All conditions are highly unstable and in a constant flux, or impermanence is a characteristic of every condition every situation you will ever encounter in your life. It will change, dissappear, or no longer satisfy you. Nothing lasts in this dimension where moth and rust consume. Either it ends or it changes, or it may undergo a polarity shift. The same condition that was good yesterday or last year has suddenly or gradually turned bad. The condition that made you happy, then makes you unhappy. For example, the prosperity of today becomes the empty comsumerism of tomorrow. This is, in fact, a central Buddhist teaching. But Christianity shares many similiar teachings to Buddhism.

Oh, another one I love is by Paul:

"The created universe is waiting with eager expectation for God's sons to be revealed" and Up to present... the whole created universe in all parts groans as if in pangs of childbirth" Romans 8
Also, "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and first earth had passed away" Rev 21:1

I like these passages but they're up for interpretation like so mauch of the Bible. I interpreted them, according to St. Paul, that the whole of creation is waiting with eager expectation for humans to become enlightened and all of creation will be redeemed through this. It's all about humans reaching a new state of consiousness and the fall of our mind-identified states of the ego.

JimiTime

Philippians 4.4-7

4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

In times of trial, this scripture rings true.

siochain

o so many, where to start

I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me. Phillippians 4:13

philologos

Leviticus 19:9-10 wrote:

When you harvest your fields, do not cut the corn at the edges of the fields, and do not go back to cut the ears of corn that were left. Do not go back through your vineyard to gather the grapes that were missed or to pick up the grapes that have fallen, leave them for poor people and foreigners. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:17-18 wrote:

Do not bear a grudge against anyone, but settle your differences with him, so that you will not commit a sin because of him. I am the Lord.
Do not take revenge on anyone or continue to hate him, but love your neighbour as yourself I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:11-13 wrote:

Do not steal or cheat or lie. Do not make a promise in my name if you do not intend to keep it. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:33-37 wrote:

Show respect for old people and honour them. Reverently obey me; I am the Lord.
Do not ill-treat foreigners who are living in your land. Treat them as you would your fellow Israelite, and love them as you would love yourselves. Remember that you were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
Do not cheat anyone by using false measures of length, weight or quantity. Use honest scales, honest weights, and honest measures. I am the Lord your God.
Obey all my laws and commands. I am the Lord.

Exodus 23:2-3 wrote:

Do not follow the majority when they are wrong or when they give evidence that perverts justice. Do not show partiality to a poor person at his trial.

Exodus 23: 6 -8 wrote:

Do not deny justice to a poor person when he appears in court. Do not make false accusations, and do not put an innocent person to death, for I will condemn anyone who does sicj am evil thing.
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe makes people blind to what is right and ruins the cause of those who are innocent.

1 Kings 17:13 wrote:

"Don't worry" Elijah said to her. "Go ahead and prepare your meal. But first make a small loaf from what you have and bring it to me, and then prepare the rest for you and your son. For this is what the Lord the God of Israel, says "The bowl will not run out of flour or the jar run out of oil before I, the Lord send rain"

1 Kings 17:21-23 wrote:

Then Elijah stretched himself out on the boy three times and prayed "O Lord my God, restore this child to life." The Lord answered Elijah's prayer; the child started breathing again and revived.
Elijah took the boy back downstairs to his mother and said to her, "Look your son is alive"

1 Kings 21:28-29 wrote:

The Lord said to the prophet Elijah, "Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before me?" Since he has done this, I will not bring disaster on him during his lifetime; it will be during his son's lifetime that I will bring disaster on his family".

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 wrote:

Israel remember this! The Lord - and the Lord alone is our God. Love the Lord with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

1 Samuel 17:36-37 wrote:

I have killed lions and bears, and I will do the same to this heathen Philistine who has defied the army of the Lord.
The Lord has saved me from lions and bears and he will save me from this Philistine.

Some Old Testament classics I posted a few of them in reply on another thread, but it's good to have them all in one place. All quoted from Good News Bible.

siochain

For me this is power full. Enjoy

Gods Love in Christ Jesus

31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
33Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.
34Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
36As it is written:
"For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."[l]
37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[m] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

siochain

The Love of Christ

14 For this reason I kneel before the Father,
15 from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

philologos

2 Chronicles 30:9 wrote:

If you return to the Lord, then those who have taken your relatives away as prisoners will take pity on them and let them come back home. The Lord your God is kind and merciful, and if you return to him, he will accept you.
(Good News Bible)

Theres a very true message in that I think.

Spyral

when evil doers come to devour my flesh my foes will stumble and fall, though an army encamps around me I will have no fear

Psalms 21 or 23 I think

philologos

I'm reading the Psalms too. I've read from the start and finally I'm there. I love this in David's Song of Victory, Psalm 18.

Psalms 18:4-6 wrote:

The danger of death was all round me;
the waves of destruction rolled over me.
The danger of death was round me,
and the grave set it's trap for me.
In my trouble I called to the Lord;
I called to God for help.
In his temple he heard my voice;
he listened to my cry for help.

philologos

I'm loving this book so far. I really like the way we see such a personal and deep relationship between David and God throughout. As we were discussing prayer in another thread, I think that King David is the ultimate example of how we should pray to Him, he shows true emotions to God, and you even get to know more about David from reading this and you can I suppose pinpoint moments in the Psalms with instances in 2nd Samuel and 1st Chronicles.

Psalms 31:9-10 wrote:

Be merciful to me Lord,
for I am in trouble;
my eyes are tired from so much crying;
I am completely worn out.
I am exhausted by sorrow,
and weeping has shortened my life.
I am weak from all my troubles;
even my bones are wasting away.

Psalms 6:1-2 wrote:

Lord, don't be angry and rebuke me!
Don't punish me in your anger!
I am worn out, O Lord; have pity on me!
Give me strength; I am completely exhausted.

Psalms 13:5-6 wrote:

I rely on your constant love;
I will be glad, because you will rescue me.
I will sing to you, O Lord,
because you have been good to me.

Psalms 32:8-9 wrote:

The Lord says, "I will teach you the way you should go;
I will instruct you and advise you.
Don't be stupid like a horse and a mule,
which must be controlled with a bit and bridle
to make it submit"

Psalms 34:19-21 wrote:

Good people suffer many troubles,
but the Lord saves them from them all;
the Lord preserves them completely;
not one of their bones is broken;
Evil will kill the wicked;
those who hate the righteous will be punished

The Lord will save his people;
those who go to him for protection will be spared.

UU

Oh I forgot to mention this verse which Ian Paisley actually read at the Power Sharing Peace Process in the North.

In the Old Testament book Ecclesiastes, traditionally thought to have been written by King Solomon (970–928 BC), time (as the Hebrew word עת ’êth is often translated, as well as "season") was regarded as a medium for the passage of predestined events. (Another word, זמן zman, was current as meaning time fit for an event, and is used as the modern Hebrew equivalent to the English word "time".)

There is an appointed time (zman) for everything. And there is a time (’êth) for every event under heaven–
A time (’êth) to give birth, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted.
A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to tear down, and a time to build up.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
A time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, and a time to shun embracing.
A time to search, and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep, and a time to throw away.
A time to tear apart, and a time to sew together; A time to be silent, and a time to speak.
A time to love, and a time to hate; A time for war, and a time for peace.

– Ecclesiastes 3:1–8

philologos

I personally like that part of Ecclesiastes too UU ^^
I'm currently reading Proverbs as a part of my effort to read the whole Bible. I've read from the start and this is where I am. Very very good book, which ultimately summarises the Law of Moses and indeed shows us the wisdom of Solomon son of King David. (Thank God for His Proverbs, and Wisdom).
One piece grasped my attention however.

Proverbs 7:13-25 wrote:

She threw her arms around the young man, kissed him, looked at him straight in the eye, and said, "I made my offerings today and I have the meat from the sacrifices. So I came out here looking for you. I wanted to find you and here you are! I've covered my bed with sheets of coloured linen from Egypt. I've perfumed it with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon. Come on! Let's make love all night long. We'll be happy in eachothers arms. My husband isn't at home. He's gone away on a long journey. He's took plenty of money with him and won't be back for two weeks. So she tempted him with her charms, and he gave in to her smooth talk. Suddenly he was going with her like an ox that was on the way to being slaughtered, like a deer prancing into a trap where an arrow would pierce it's heart. He was like a bird going into a net - he did not know that his life was in danger. Now then my sons, listen to me. Pay attention to what I say. Do not let such a woman win your heart; don't go wandering around after her. She has been the ruin of many men and caused the death of too many to count. If you go to her house, you are on the way to the world of the dead. It is a short cut to death.
(Good News Bible)

philologos

I'm starting into the Book of Isaiah, a grim depiction of how God is going to punish the people of Israel and Judah for their sinning against God.

There is a very good analogy helping to depict why God tries to correct and punish us as human beings in our daily lives.

Isaiah 5:1-7 wrote:

Listen while I sing you this song,
a song of my friend and his vineyard:
My friend had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
He dug the soil and cleared it of stones;
he planted the finest vines.
He build a tower to guard them,
dug a pit for treading the grapes,
He waited for the grapes to ripen,
But every grape was sour.
So now my friend says, "You people who live in Jerusalem and Judah, judge between my vineyard and me. Is there anything I failed to do for it? Then why did it produce sour grapes and not the good grapes I expected?
This is what I am going to do for my vineyard; I will take away the hedge round it, break down the wall that protects it and let wild animals eat it and trample it down. I will let it be overgrown with weeds. I will not prune the vines or hoe the ground; instead I will let briars and thorns cover it. I will even forbid the clouds to let rain fall on it."
Israel is the vineyard of the Lord Almighty;
the people of Judah are the vines he planted.
He expected them to do what was good,
but instead they committed murder,
He expected them to do what was right,
but their victims cried out for justice.

I also like this:

Isaiah 7:9 wrote:

"Israel is no stronger than Samaria, it's capital city, and Samaria is no stronger than King Pekah.
If your faith is not enduring, you will not endure".

philologos

This are perhaps the greatest of Isaiah's prophecy.

Isaiah 40:3 wrote:

A voice cries out,
Prepare in the wilderness a road for the Lord!
Clear the way in the desert for our God!

Isaiah 40:9 wrote:

Jerusalem, go up on a high mountain and proclaim the good news!
Call out with a loud voice, Zion;
announce the good news!
Speak out and do not be afraid.
Tell the towns of Judah,
that their God is coming!

TheOlster

don't know the quote exactly but ,when the pharisees ask Jesus about divorce,and Jesus tells them off about it,saying "Moses only gave you that law because your hearts were hard...". Also what the bible says about swearing saying "let your yes,be a yes,and your no ,a no".

Latchy

' Get thee behind me satan '

Soul Winner

St. Paul to the Romans... wrote:

"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus."Romans 8 verse 1 KJV

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time130808

Exd 20:3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Exd 20:4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:Exd 20:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;
Exd 20:6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

time130808

Jeremiah 7:18
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Isaiah 42:8
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Revelation 19:10
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

graceface!

Psalm 116 is wonderful, it got me through some tough times

Also a verse from Psalm 27 "though my father and my mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me"

I think that's a really beautiful thought, and good to know.

MattKid

Isaiah 40:31 has always been one of my favourites

kelly1

Here's a good one from the book of Micah:-

This is what the Lord asks of you:
only this, to act justly,
to love tenderly
and to walk humbly with your God.

boringteetotal

"He that believes on me hath everlastlasting life"-Jesus

Jesus Wept

Matthew 7:26

`A foolish man who built his house on sand.'

PDN

DerKomissar wrote: »

Matthew 17:12

Boobies!

Banned!

fergusm76

I've always been fond of John 14:1-4 as it reminds me of a song we used to sing in choir.

1"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4You know the way to the place where I am going."

JimiTime

9 "And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever. 10 Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a temple as a sanctuary. Be strong and do the work."


Indeed, this confirms the law of love. God knowing the heart behind the mind. The things hidden to man, are not hidden to God. Motive. The dishonest, the hypocites, the overtly showy off religious types. God knows what motivates us all, and it is this motivation that condemns or justifies. I love it.

Fanny Cradock

I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!

John 8:58

tunamill

Thorn in the side, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me--to keep me from exalting myself!

Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me.

And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness " Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

Noble Knight

1 John 5-7


This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

SlickRic

From my favourite book in the Bible; Ephesians

Chapter 1 v17-23

17I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the SpiritURL="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ephesians%201;&version=31;#fen-NIV-29208f"]f[/URL of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

If there was ever a proclamation of faith, and a prayer that I would like answered in my life, it's this.

JimiTime

I was just discussing faith on another thread, and the scripture below came to mind. Just reading it again, it is a wonderful lesson. If we translate it into metephor for ourselves, we see that we can have faith in the safety of the 'boat', but when the 'winds' begin to blow, do we still focus on Christ in the distance, or do we falter and start to sink. Its certainly one I've registered to mind again. Praise the Lord.


Matthew 14
22Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24but the boat was already a considerable distance[a] from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.
25During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. "It's a ghost," they said, and cried out in fear.

27But Jesus immediately said to them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid."

28"Lord, if it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water."

29"Come," he said.

Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!"

31Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?"

32And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. 33Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."

34When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret. 35And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding country. People brought all their sick to him 36and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched him were healed.

Seaneh

John 15:13 (King James Version)
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

dara95

JOB 3:14

goldenbrown

and quoted in the movie Man on Fire
'be not overcome by evil - but overcome evil with good'...

a good example for me would be Mary Raftery writing the book 'States of Fear'

jady88

...thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself... ”
—Leviticus 19:18 KJV

chozometroid

jady88 wrote: »

...thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself... ”
—Leviticus 19:18 KJV

Good one. I'm sure many(no one here of course) don't know it had OT origins.


Matthew 23:24 KJV
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

Luke Kelly

John 17
Jesus Prays for His Disciples

"I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. "I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

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john 10:10 the thief(devil) comes to steal kill and destroy but i have come so YOU can have life and have it to the FULL

puffdragon

Listening to radio while I surf ,Came across this station , very relaxing!!


http://txradica.net/tune.php?c=ucbireland&.wax=

jbloggs

"The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms..." Deut 33v27

Thomas828

St. John 13:34-35 -KJV "A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Glenster

GEN 1.31
-"and god saw everything that he had made and behold it was very good and that evening and morning were the sixth day"

I always reminds me of waking up in a really good humour and looking out the window.

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This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

explains itself really