This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Today is a gift: a day the Lord has made, and a reason to rejoice in it.
KJV21I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. 22The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. 23This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. 24This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. 26Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. 27God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
Israel’s prayer book: songs of trust, lament, thanks and praise, many of them by David.
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Jesus does not promise a life without trouble. He promises peace in Him, because He has overcome the world.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Written to exiles told to settle in Babylon for seventy years: God’s thoughts toward His people were peace and a future with hope, even through a long wait.
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Waiting on the Lord renews strength: you will run and not be weary.
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
If God is for you, no one who stands against you has the last word.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Every good and perfect gift comes from above, from the Father of lights.