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Psalm 32:11
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
9Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
10Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in the LORD.
11Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
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The shout at the end of this psalm joins an upright heart with open joy, directing both heart and voice toward YHWH.
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Psalm 100:1A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!Both passages command a shout for joy directed toward the LORD, addressing the upright in Psalm 32 and all lands in Psalm 100.
Psalm 33:1Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.Both address the righteous and link rejoicing in the LORD with being upright.
Psalm 64:10The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!Both name the righteous and the upright in heart as those whose gladness and praise are directed toward the LORD.
Job 8:21He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.Shouting links these passages: the psalm commands a shout for joy, while Job's passage speaks of a mouth filled with laughter.
Psalm 104:34Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in the LORD.Both locate rejoicing in the LORD, with Psalm 32 addressing the righteous and Psalm 104 expressing the speaker's own resolve.
Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”Both command rejoicing in the Lord, and Philippians repeats the command while extending it to all times.
Hebrews 10:22let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and having our body washed with pure water,The shared thread is the heart before God: upright in the psalm and true as it draws near in Hebrews.
Deuteronomy 12:12You shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your …Both command joy directed toward the LORD and address a group rather than a lone worshiper.
2 Chronicles 15:15All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them. Then the LORD gave …Both connect rejoicing with the heart's stance toward God: uprightness in the psalm and wholehearted seeking in Judah.
1 Samuel 2:1Hannah prayed, and said, “My heart exults in the LORD! My horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your …Hannah's heart exults in the LORD, expressing the God-directed joy that Psalm 32 commands.
Romans 5:11Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.The psalm commands rejoicing in the LORD; Romans speaks of rejoicing in God through Jesus Christ, through whom reconciliation is received.
Philippians 3:3For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;Both direct joy toward the one worshiped: the LORD in the psalm, Christ Jesus in Philippians.
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Joy has a clear center here: YHWH himself. The loving kindness promised just before this command gives those who trust him a reason to rejoice.
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