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Psalm 92:4
For you, LORD, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.
2to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,
3with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre.
4For you, LORD, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.
5How great are your works, LORD! Your thoughts are very deep.
6A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:
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Gladness here has a source: God's work, and the verse turns attention toward what his hands have done as a reason for praise.
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2 Corinthians 2:14Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.Both passages speak of triumph rooted in God's action; Paul names Christ as the one in whom God leads his people.
Psalm 8:6You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:Both name the “works of your hands,” with Psalm 92 celebrating them and Psalm 8 describing human rule over them.
Psalm 126:3The LORD has done great things for us, and we are glad.Both psalms trace gladness to what the LORD has done, making his deeds the stated reason for joy.
Luke 1:47My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,Both speakers rejoice in God, with Luke naming him as Savior and Psalm 92 celebrating the work of his hands.
Isaiah 65:13–14Therefore the Lord GOD says, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my …Rejoicing appears in both passages; Isaiah contrasts the joy of God's servants with the disappointment of those the Lord addresses.
John 16:22Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.Both connect joy with divine action; Jesus promises that seeing his disciples again will turn their sorrow to rejoicing.
Psalm 143:5I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.Both attend to the work of God's hands, with Psalm 143 describing contemplation and Psalm 92 expressing gladness.
Zephaniah 3:14–16Sing, daughter of Zion! Shout, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.Gladness finds a voice in both passages: the psalmist celebrates God's works, while Zion is told to sing and shout.
Revelation 18:20“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets, for God has judged your judgment on her.”Both connect rejoicing with God's action; Revelation names his judgment as the reason heaven and his people should rejoice.
Nehemiah 12:43They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the …Both name God as the source of gladness; Nehemiah describes that joy spreading through Jerusalem and being heard far away.
Jeremiah 31:7For the LORD says, “Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations. Publish, praise, and say, ‘LORD, save your people, the remnant of …Both passages join gladness with words addressed to the LORD; Jeremiah's song includes a plea to save Israel.
Psalm 4:7You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.Both speakers tell God that he has given them gladness; Psalm 4 compares that gift with increased grain and wine.
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There is room in your prayer to delight in what God has done. The psalmist speaks his gladness to YHWH whose work has made him glad.
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