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Mirth: Gladness; Rejoicing. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us MIRTH, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. (Psalm 137:3)
Oct 17, 2024 · Mirth in the Bible represents joy, gladness, or festivity, typically associated with occasions of celebration and communal gatherings. Unlike the transient laughter often linked with folly, mirth in biblical terms can carry a profound, joyous connection to spiritual fulfillment and communal well-being.
A pleasurable state or condition; a state of happiness or felicity; esp. the perfect bliss or beatitude of heaven; hence, the place of bliss… jollity a1300– Merrymaking, festivity, revelry; plural , Festivities, festive dissipations or enjoyments.
- Guidepost One: This Is A Song
- Guidepost Two: About Human Love
- Guidepost Three: Found in The Bible
- Guidepost Four: Written to Give Us Wisdom
- “Understandest Thou What Thou Readest?”
We start with the first guidepost: This is a song. Our text begins, “The Song” (Song 1:1a).6The significance of this simple observation is that it identifies the genre. This is not a letter, gospel, law book, prophecy, or an apocalyptic revelation. This is a song. And a song (this is what I’ve learned after many years of study) is written to be sun...
Here is the second guidepost: This is a songabout human love set in the context of marriage. We will deal with the second part of that sentence first. We have already noted that this is a wedding song. Let me now defend that claim. We know it is a wedding song from the cultural context. (The sexual revolution of the 1960’s hadn’t yet reached Jerusa...
With our second guidepost in place, let me quickly add the third lest we get off course. Just because the Song is about human love does not mean that we must think a-theologically about it, namely, that it has nothing to say about God’s love for us or our love for God. This is not an English poem scribbled on the New York City subway. It is a Hebre...
Our fourth and final guidepost is about wisdom. This is a song (guidepost one) about human love (guidepost two) found in the Bible (guidepost three) written to give us wisdom (guidepost four). I say “wisdom” because we can rightly categorize the Song of Songs as Wisdom Literature, thus fitting in with the books of Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes. T...
It is no easy task to navigate through the deep waters of Solomon’s Song. When we read from its opening scene we scratch our heads, only after we blush. We not only wonder how the two things that we will do our best to teach our young daughters to avoid-kissing boys and comparing such kissing to alcoholic consumption-made it into God’s Holy Word, b...
"Over the Hills and Far Away" is a traditional British song, dating back to at least the late 17th century. Two versions were published in the fifth volume of Thomas D'Urfey's Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy; a version that is similar to the second Wit and Mirth one appears in George Farquhar's 1706 play The Recruiting Officer.
Psalms 137:3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV) Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.
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Our Complete Meanings Behind the Lyrics to Stairway to Heaven article will explain the meanings behind Led Zeppelin’s iconic rock song. “Stairway to Heaven” was recorded by legendary rock band Led Zeppelin in late 1971.
