Lexicon :: Strong's H5937 - ʿālaz

“Tell it not in Gath,

Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,

Or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,

The daughters of the uncircumcised (pagans) will exult.

The LORD is my strength and my [impenetrable] shield;

My heart trusts [with unwavering confidence] in Him, and I am helped;

Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,

And with my song I shall thank Him and praise Him.

God has spoken in His holiness [in His promises]:

“I will rejoice, I will divide [the land of] Shechem and measure out the Valley of Succoth [west to east].

Sing to God, sing praises to His name;

Lift up a song for Him who rides through the desert—

His name is the LORD—be in good spirits before Him.

O LORD, how long will the wicked,

How long will the wicked rejoice in triumph?

Let the field be exultant, and all that is in it.

Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

God has spoken in His [fn]holiness:

“I will rejoice, I will portion out Shechem [as I divide Canaan among My people],

And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

Let the godly ones exult in glory;

Let them sing for joy on their beds.

Yes, my heart will rejoice

When your lips speak right things.

He has said, “You shall never again exult [in triumph], O crushed Virgin Daughter of Sidon.

Arise, cross over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.”

“What right has My beloved [to be] in My house

When she has done many vile things and acted treacherously [over and over again]?

Can vows and the meat of your sacrifices remove your wickedness from you and cancel the consequences of your sin,

So that you can [escape your judgment and] rejoice?”

I did not sit with the group of those who celebrate,

Nor did I rejoice;

I sat alone because Your [powerful] hand was upon me,

For You had filled me with indignation [at their sin].

“Though you are glad, though you rejoice,

O you who plunder My heritage,

Though you are wanton and skip about like a heifer in the grass

And neigh like stallions,

“When they are [fn]inflamed [with wine and lust during their drinking bouts], I will prepare them a feast [of My wrath]

And make them drunk, that they may rejoice

And may sleep a perpetual sleep

And not wake up,” declares the LORD.

Yet I will [choose to] rejoice in the LORD;

I will [choose to] shout in exultation in the [victorious] God of my salvation!

Shout for joy, O Daughter of Zion!

Shout in triumph, O Israel!

Rejoice, be in high spirits and glory with all your heart,

O Daughter of Jerusalem [in that day]!