The LORD Almighty will protect his people, and they will destroy their enemies. They will shout in battle like drunk men and will shed the blood of their enemies; it will flow like the blood of a sacrifice poured on the altar from a bowl.

How good and beautiful the land will be! The young people will grow strong on its grain and wine.

Food was served to them from Joseph's table, and Benjamin was served five times as much as the rest of them. So they ate and drank with Joseph until they were drunk.

and produce wine to make us happy, olive oil to make us cheerful, and bread to give us strength.

Alcohol is for people who are dying, for those who are in misery.

Let them drink and forget their poverty and unhappiness.

But others made fun of the believers, saying, "These people are drunk!"

These people are not drunk, as you suppose; it is only nine o'clock in the morning.

'This is what I will do in the last days, God says: I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will proclaim my message; your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams.

Do not get drunk with wine, which will only ruin you; instead, be filled with the Spirit.

Speak to one another with the words of psalms, hymns, and sacred songs; sing hymns and psalms to the Lord with praise in your hearts.

I have chosen him in order that he may command his sons and his descendants to obey me and to do what is right and just. If they do, I will do everything for him that I have promised."

Let us, your servants, see your mighty deeds; let our descendants see your glorious might.

Our children will live in safety, and under your protection their descendants will be secure.

It is the living who praise you, As I praise you now. Parents tell their children how faithful you are.

I will give them a single purpose in life: to honor me for all time, for their own good and the good of their descendants.

For God's promise was made to you and your children, and to all who are far away---all whom the Lord our God calls to himself."

(SEE 13:32)

Hannah prayed: "The LORD has filled my heart with joy; how happy I am because of what he has done! I laugh at my enemies; how joyful I am because God has helped me!

I rely on your constant love; I will be glad, because you will rescue me.

The LORD protects and defends me; I trust in him. He gives me help and makes me glad; I praise him with joyful songs.

When you see this happen, you will be glad; it will make you strong and healthy. Then you will know that I, the LORD, help those who obey me, and I show my anger against my enemies."

I will still be joyful and glad, because the LORD God is my savior.

Sing and shout for joy, people of Israel! Rejoice with all your heart, Jerusalem!

my soul is glad because of God my Savior,

That is how it is with you: now you are sad, but I will see you again, and your hearts will be filled with gladness, the kind of gladness that no one can take away from you.

And so I am filled with gladness, and my words are full of joy. And I, mortal though I am, will rest assured in hope,

May you always be joyful in your union with the Lord. I say it again: rejoice!

You love him, although you have not seen him, and you believe in him, although you do not now see him. So you rejoice with a great and glorious joy which words cannot express,