Give praise, O ye heavens, and rejoice, O earth, ye mountains, give praise with jubilation: because the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy on his poor ones.

O heavens

Isaiah 42:10,11 Sing ye to the Lord a new song, his praise is from the ends of the earth: you that go down to the sea, and all that are therein: ye islands, and ye inhabitants of them. . . .

Isaiah 44:23 Give praise, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath shewn mercy: shout with joy, ye ends of the earth: ye mountains, resound with praise, thou, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.

Isaiah 52:9 Rejoice, and give praise together, O ye deserts of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people: he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 55:12 For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall sing praise before you, and all the trees of the country shall clap their hands.

Psalm 96:11-13 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea be moved, and the fulness thereof: . . .

Psalm 98:4-9 Sing joyfully to God, all the earth; make melody, rejoice and sing. . . .

Luke 2:13,14 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God and saying: . . .

Luke 15:10 So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.

Revelation 5:8-13 And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. . . .

Revelation 7:9-12 After this, I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands. . . .

the Lord

Isaiah 12:1 And thou shalt say in that day: I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, for thou wast angry with me: thy wrath is turned away, and thou hast comforted me.

Isaiah 40:1,2 Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God. . . .

Isaiah 51:3 The Lord therefore will comfort Sion, and will comfort all the ruins thereof: and he will make her desert as a place of pleasure, and her wilderness as the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of praise.

Isaiah 61:2,3 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God: to comfort all that mourn: . . .

Isaiah 66:13,14 As one whom the mother caresseth, so will I comfort you, and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. . . .

Jeremiah 31:13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, the young men and old men together: and I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them joyful after their sorrow.

2 Corinthians 7:6 But God, who comforteth the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus.

2 Thessalonians 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God and our Father, who hath loved us and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope in grace,