Rejoice evermore.

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; {temptations: or, trials}

And not only {so}, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

Rejoice in the Lord alway: {and} again I say, Rejoice.

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

Blessed {are} they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; {in that...: or, for his piety}

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

{We are} troubled on every side, yet not distressed; {we are} perplexed, but not in despair; {in despair: or, altogether without help, or, means}

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

But none saith, Where {is} God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

[{A Psalm} of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.] I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise {shall} continually {be} in my mouth. {Abimelech: or, Achish}

Ye shall have a song, as in the night {when} a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. {mighty...: Heb. Rock}

I am as a wonder unto many; but thou {art} my strong refuge.

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you {from their company}, and shall reproach {you}, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward {man} is renewed day by day.

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and {yet} possessing all things.

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy {are ye}; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou {wilt}.

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they {are} men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. {wondered...: Heb. of wonder, or, sign}

I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, {who were} ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. {offered: Gr. poured forth}

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I {will be} with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

{Yet} the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song {shall be} with me, {and} my prayer unto the God of my life.

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. {sore: Heb. hand}

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. {am...: Heb. there is no silence to me}

Rejoice in the Lord alway: {and} again I say, Rejoice.

[{A Psalm} of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.] I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise {shall} continually {be} in my mouth. {Abimelech: or, Achish}

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, {every...: Heb. in the nights}

And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

{Yet} the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song {shall be} with me, {and} my prayer unto the God of my life.

But none saith, Where {is} God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and {yet} possessing all things.

All the days of the afflicted {are} evil: but he that is of a merry heart {hath} a continual feast.

Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.

I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

And he commanded the most mighty men that {were} in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, {and} to cast {them} into the burning fiery furnace. {most...: Chaldee, mighty of strength}

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great {is} your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; {namely}, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed {their} stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians {which is} in God the Father and {in} the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace {be} unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

So he took him, and brought {him} to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto {him}, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.

Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, {even} the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. {fires: or, valleys}

And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. {hymn: or, psalm}

And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou {art} God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: