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how to restore your joy

Psalm 137:1-9 (JDV)

Psalm 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon– there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion.
Psalm 137:2 There we hung up our lyres on the poplar trees,
Psalm 137:3 because our captors there asked us for songs, and our tormentors, for joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
Psalm 137:4 How can we sing Yahveh’s song on foreign soil?
Psalm 137:5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.
Psalm 137:6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
Psalm 137:7 Remember, Yahveh, what the Edomites said that day at Jerusalem: “Destroy it! Destroy it down to its foundations!”
Psalm 137:8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, fortunate is the one who pays you back what you have done to us.
Psalm 137:9 fortunate is he who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rocks.

how to restore your joy

Singing the songs of Zion after its loss is where many people are today. Deep inside they have lost their reason for joy, and the world around them keeps asking them to sing. If you feel that loss, know that all is not lost. There is hope, because the God of Zion is still here. He has not left us without hope. But if you feel a deep sadness, and you have known the LORD, but you feel like you are just going through the motions now, circumstances have stolen your joy. Don’t pretend. Ask God to intervene, and restore your joy.

LORD, intervene. Restore the joy of our deliverance!