Lexicon :: Strong's H7832 - śāḥaq

Now when they were in high spirits, they said, “Call for Samson, so that he may amuse us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained them. They made him stand between the pillars.

“Saul has slain his thousands,

And David his ten thousands.”

It happened that as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the City of David, Michal [David’s wife] the daughter of Saul, looking down through a window, saw King David leaping and dancing [in celebration]; and [fn]she despised him in her heart.

So the runners (couriers) passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; but the people laughed at them with scorn and mocked them.

“You will laugh at violence and famine,

And you will not be afraid of the wild beasts of the earth.

“I smiled at them when they did not believe,

And they did not diminish the light of my face.

“But now those younger than I mock and laugh at me,

Whose fathers I refused to put with the sheepdogs of my flock.

“He scorns the tumult of the city,

And does not hear the shouting of the taskmaster.

“Yet when she lifts herself [fn]on high,

[So swift is she that] she laughs at the horse and his rider.

“He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;

And [in battle] he does not turn back from the sword.

“Surely the mountains bring him food,

And all the wild animals play there.

“Will you play with him as with a bird?

Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens?

“Clubs [also] are regarded as stubble;

He laughs at the rushing and the rattling of the javelin.

He who sits [enthroned] in the heavens laughs [at their rebellion];

The [Sovereign] [fn]Lord scoffs at them [and in supreme contempt He mocks them].

The Lord laughs at him [the wicked one—the one who oppresses the righteous],

For He sees that his day [of defeat] is coming.

The righteous will see it and fear,

And will [scoffingly] laugh, saying,

But You, O LORD, will laugh at them [in scorn];

You scoff at and deride all the nations.

There the ships [of the sea] sail,

And Leviathan [the sea monster], which You have formed to play there.

I also will laugh at your disaster;

I will mock when your dread and panic come,

Then I was beside Him, as a master craftsman;

And I was daily His delight;

Rejoicing before Him always,

So is the man who deceives his neighbor (acquaintance, friend)

And then says, “Was I not joking?”

If a wise man has a controversy with a foolish and arrogant man,

The foolish man [ignores logic and fairness and] only rages or laughs, and there is no peace (rest, agreement).

Strength and dignity are her clothing and her position is strong and secure;

And she smiles at the future [knowing that she and her family are prepared].

A time to weep and a time to laugh;

A time to mourn and a time to dance.

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].

‘From them (city, palace) will come [songs of] thanksgiving

And the voices of those who dance and celebrate.

And I will multiply them and they will not be diminished [in number];

I will also honor them and they will not be insignificant.

“Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt,

O Virgin Israel!

You will again be adorned with your tambourines and [fn]timbrels

And go out to the dances of those who celebrate.

In the days of her affliction and homelessness

Jerusalem remembers all her precious things

That she had from the days of old,

When her people fell into the hand of the adversary,

And no one helped her,

The enemy saw her,

They mocked at her downfall.

“They make fun of kings

And rulers are a laughing matter to them.

They ridicule every stronghold

And heap up rubble [for earth mounds] and capture it.