Mirth in the Bible
In this week’s video on When Morning Gilds the Skies , we went through the definition of mirth – amusement, especially as expressed in laughter. We looked at this as it connected with the lines: When mirth for music longs, This is my song of songs: “May Jesus Christ be praised!” We talked about this as when we are joyful we should be singing praises to Christ. Mirth is used in the Psalm 137:3 The word seems to be used slightly differently in different translations. Let’s just take a look at two of them. KJV 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. ESV For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” Depending on how you interpret this you can get the same effect. KJV clearly states that the captors required the captives to be happy and express that in song and laughter. You can read ESV the sam...