Shout for Joy

Today’s Through the Bible Reading: Ezra 3; Psalm 92, 126

“And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because He is good, for His mercy endureth forever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.” Ezra 3:11

In today’s reading we see the completion of the second temple. With the final stone being laid, the young men shouted for joy, but the old men wept because the new temple did not compare with the beauty of the old one.