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Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then said they among the nations, "Yahweh has done great things for them."
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Joy That Can't Be Contained
Commentators explain that the laughter and singing described are not mild emotions but an overwhelming, irrepressible outburst of joy. This profound happiness is a natural response to God's miraculous deliverance. Scholars like Albert Barnes compare it to the spontaneous joy of a new Christian, while Matthew Henry sees it as a picture of the relief a sinner feels when finding forgiveness in Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then was our mouth filled with laughter — Then we were happy; completely happy. See Job 8:21.
And our tongue with singing — We…
19th Century
Anglican
Singing. — As is frequent concerning the restoration in Isaiah: Isaiah 42:11; Isaiah 44:23;[Reference Isaiah…
Baptist
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, –
We became Isaacs, for he was the child of laughter. We laughed as Abraham did, for very …
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16th Century
Protestant
Now shall our mouth be filled with laughter. The adverb of time, אז (az), is commonly translated then; but as the verbs …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then our mouth was filled with laughter Who before mourned, and hung their harps on the willows, and could not sing …
It is good to observe how God's deliverances of the church are for us, that we may rejoice in them. And how ought redemption from the wrath to come…
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